Monitoring body warns all of Gaza is 'at risk of famine'
The entire population of the Gaza Strip remains at risk of famine and is currently experiencing an "emergency" level of acute food insecurity, a global hunger monitoring body has said, with the situation expected to deteriorate as Israel tightens its siege on the north of the besieged Palestinian enclave.
In a new UN-backed assessment published on Thursday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said around 1.84 million people across Gaza are living through high levels of acute food insecurity, including 133,000 people who are suffering "catastrophic" food insecurity.
An estimated 60,000 cases of acute malnutrition among young children were expected between September 2024 and August 2025, it added.
No food or aid of any kind has entered northern Gaza since 1 October amid a massive ground operation launched by the Israeli army.