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UN-Backed Hunger Monitor Declares Famine in Gaza City, Warns of Rapid Spread
- On Friday, the United Nations officially announced that famine conditions have been confirmed in Gaza City’s northern area and its surroundings, marking the region's first documented famine in West Asia.
- This famine arose after Israel launched an extensive military offensive in Gaza in October 2023, following a Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people and took hostages in southern Israel.
- The famine affects over half a million people facing starvation, displacement of nine out of ten residents, decimated cropland, and soaring food prices amid restricted aid flows and severely damaged infrastructure.
- Amnesty International and UN officials described the famine as an entirely man-made, preventable catastrophe caused by deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid and ongoing violence, with over 12,000 children acutely malnourished in July alone.
- The famine and conflict have caused widespread death and suffering, prompting urgent calls for an immediate ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian access, the release of hostages, and a halt to the military offensive in Gaza City.
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Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahabibb says that "there are children dying of hunger and disease, while entire families are several days without food".
'Man-made disaster': Famine declared in Gaza City where half a million face starvation
The international organization that monitors hunger crises around the world has declared that parts of Gaza are in famine. The U.N.-backed group of experts said that half a million people in Gaza, a quarter of the population, are facing “catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death.” Nick Schifrin spoke with David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee.
UN-Backed Experts Declare Famine in and Around Gaza City
By Jason Burke and Malak A. TanteshAug. 22, 2025IPC says famine is ‘entirely man-made’ and immediate response is needed or avoidable deaths will soarAn “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area amid deteriorating conditions that threaten an exponential increase in deaths across the devastated territory, UN-backed experts have declared.The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a glob…
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