In Gaza, there are increasing evidence of famine and hunger on a large scale

According to To the integrated food security classification platform (IPC), two out of three doorstep in Gaza have been reached: food consumption and acute malnutrition decline. The famine has not been declared as the third standards, deaths from malnutrition, which cannot be proven.

There is increasing evidence that “hunger is widely hunger, malnutrition and disease” leads to a rise in hunger -related deaths, which is the third famine index.

“It is clear that it is a catastrophe that reveals in front of our eyes, in front of our TV screens,” Ross Smith, the United Nations World Food Program, said.World Food Program) Emergency Cases Director.

“This is not a warning, this is an invitation to work. This is unlike anything we have seen in this century.” Tell the journalists in Geneva.

An epic human disaster: Guterres

In New York, the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres He said The alert “confirms what we were afraid,” that is, Gaza is on the brink of starvation.

“The facts in – they cannot be denied,” he said.

“The Palestinians in Gaza bear a human catastrophe with an epic dimensions. This is not a warning. It is a fact that is revealed to our eyes.”

Days without food

IPC said that the context of the alert is Stark: One out of every three people now goes without food for several days at a time. Hospitals are also mired and dealt with more than 20,000 children due to severe malnutrition since April. At least 16 children under the age of five have died of hunger -related reasons since mid -July.

The alert follows IPC analysis in May 2025 Disratory levels of food insecurity For all residents by September. According to the platform experts, at least half a million people are expected to be in stage 5 – IPC – disaster – That is distinguished by it Hunger, anxiety and death.

The crisis moved nearly two years of conflict that was ignited by the terrorist attacks led by Hamas in Israel in October 2023, which left about 1,250 people dead and about 450 people who adhered to hostages.

Heavy fighting killed thousands and destroyed 70 percent of the infrastructure in Gaza. Returning from the concerns of relief agencies for a long time to non -fighters, the IPC evaluation confirmed that the displacement was rampant, as safe areas were reduced to less than 12 percent of the entire lands.

“Our common humanity test”

Gaza has a population of about 2.1 million people 90 percent It was displaced, many of them several times. More than 762,500 disples have been recorded since the end of the ceasefire on March 18.

Meanwhile, human arrival remains strongly restricted, as it hinders or looted the aid convoys frequently. On Sunday, Israel announced that it would start temporarily daily in Gaza. According to what was reported, more than 100 trucks of aid entered on Sunday, but the United Nations continues to support the need to dump Gaza with food, fuel and medicine.

The Secretary -General’s statement confirmed that “the meager of aid must become an environment.”

“This nightmare must end,” said Mr. Guterres. “Ending this worst scenario will take the best efforts for all parties – now.”

The President of the United Nations has repeated his long and long -term humanitarian ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional version of all hostages held in Gaza, and the full human arrival through the pocket.

“This is a test of our common humanity – a test that we cannot bear,” he said.

Olga Cherfco, a spokesman for the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination (UshaDetails of the terrible circumstances faced by the inhabitants of Gaza.

The ceasefire is now

In line with international calls for the end of the war, the IPC platform also calls for an unconditional and immediate ceasefire, and the unbalanced humanitarian access to basic services. The report warns of widespread imminent death without urgent intervention.

Food security experts also appealed to the protection of civilians, humanitarian employees, and critical infrastructure, including health, water, sanitation, roads, and communication networks.

IPC alerts take care of urgent food security and nutrition crises and do not form a famine. A new analysis is being done on Gaza and will be published soon.

Famine is confirmed if all the three basic thresholds are hackedLow food consumption, acute malnutrition and hunger -related deaths. It is very difficult to collect strong data on acute malnutrition and relevant deaths because health systems “collapse”, The United Nations UN agencies and the United Nations Fund for Children showed a joint alert.

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Attention to women and girls

Reports indicated on Tuesday that 60,000 Ghazan had been killed since Hamas’s terrorist attacks in Israel raised the war in October 2023.

“In Gaza, women and girls face the impossible choice of hunger to death in their shelters or venture in search of food and water at the risk of murder,” said Sofia Kalturb, Director of the Killing. United Nations women In Geneva.

Mrs. CallTorp has also repeated the request of United Nations women to reach unrestricted humanitarian assistance for all women and girls, to release all hostages and an immediate ceasefire.

“We are also chanting in the hope that the high -level international conference of this week will be a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, which leads to a powerful solution to the state, with Israel and Palestine, living alongside peace and security,” referring to the French and Sodomic beginners who are led by Arab New York in New York.

Allow full human access

When asked about the effectiveness of the aid duties that were dropped with air that just began in Gaza, Mr. Smith described it from the WFP program as “the last resort as there are no logistical options or other transportation.”

The drops of air are “expensive and ineffective”, as it carries “severe risks” to the residents who live in overcrowded conditions, amid reports of injuries to at least 11 Ghazan on Sunday.

The United Nations Auxiliary Aid agencies insisted on the need for full access throughout Gaza to reach the weak population, in addition to the Israeli army’s announcement of a temporary stop for a week from 10 am to 8 pm.

Mr. Smith said: “We welcome these human stops, and we would like to see the full spirit that was implemented all the time, to the distribution points, so that we can move quickly and effectively.”

“Until these delays and various approvals are delayed, interaction with the armed forces and civilians on the ground – until this is improved – we will not see this sufficient change to transform the demand for the humanitarian situation inside Gaza.”