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Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end its blockade
- Medecins du Monde warned on May 17, 2025, that Gaza faces worsening malnutrition amid an Israeli blockade since March 2, affecting 2.4 million people.
- The blockade was imposed following the escalation of Israeli military operations in response to the attacks carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023, resulting in the suspension of all aid deliveries to Gaza and the closure of border crossings.
- Supply shortages of food, medicine, fuel, and clean water contribute to acute malnutrition, with nearly one in four children and one in five pregnant women at high risk.
- Jean-Francois Corty, president of MDM, stated that the situation is not merely a humanitarian emergency but reflects a profound ethical failure, highlighting the deliberate tactic of starving populations as a means of warfare.
- The situation leaves 22 percent of Gaza's population at imminent humanitarian catastrophe risk, while the UN and aid groups call for lifting the blockade to prevent famine.
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Witnesses to Famine in Gaza – Israel Continues Attacks
Israel continues its attacks on Gaza. At the same time, the civilian population is witnessing acute famine. – Last night, the children cried themselves to sleep from hunger, and I couldn't give them anything, says mother of five Nora Abu Odeh to DN.
Global Food Crisis: 295 Million People Affected by Hunger in 2024, 14 Million More than 2023 Daily Facts
More than 295 million people in 53 countries and territories suffer acute levels of hunger, with an increase of almost 14 million on 2023 in 2024. This is the sixth consecutive year of increase. And it is particularly alarming the data on children under 5 years of age: 38 million are severely malnourished. The data emerge from the Report on Food Crisis (Grfc) 2025 of the Food Security Information Network (Fsin) and launched by the Global Network…
Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza
Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified call: The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility. We are witnessing, in real time, the deliberate starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare. Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are living in fami…
No hope, not even for the children: Why Gaza is the 'perfect storm of a disaster'
Humanitarian aid always contends with politics and interests. In Gaza, it has also faced the absence of almost any infrastructure to depend on. Dr. Einav Levy, who's active in humanitarian organizations and studies their behavior, was well placed to observe the situation when he fought in the Gaza Strip
The desperation of Gaza famine denialism
As the risk of famine spreads across Gaza — and as shocking images of overcrowded soup lines stream from Gaza daily — an influential network of Israeli government defenders has emerged to tell you that none of this is happening at all.The Free Press — a pro-Israel media outlet often sympathetic to the neoconservative worldview — published a highly circulated article last week from journalist Michael Ames titled, “The Gaza Famine Myth,” which pur…
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