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In May 2024, the World Food Programme reported, "The threat of famine in Gaza never loomed larger". [138] The United Nations humanitarian chief stated famine in Gaza was an "immediate, clear and present danger" as food ran out and humanitarian operations were stuck. [139] The Gaza media office said 98 percent of bakeries were closed. [140]
The UN had been warning since the new year that hundreds of thousands of people were facing possible famine in northern Gaza. 25 March: UN resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire.
Aid workers and U.N. officials have warned of widespread famine in Gaza since the conflict began more than a year ago on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters overran the border with Israel and killed ...
The Israel–Hamas war has led to imminent famine conditions in the Gaza Strip, resulting from Israeli airstrikes and the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel, which includes restrictions on humanitarian aid. [9] [68] [69] 2.2 million people in Gaza are now experiencing food insecurity at emergency level. [70]
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that there are between 75,000 and 95,000 people still in northern Gaza. The Famine Review Committee said that it could be ...
The finding by the Famine Early Warning System Network appeared to expose a rift within the Biden administration over the extent of starvation in northern Gaza, with the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jacob Lew, disputing part of the data used in reaching the conclusion and calling the stepped-up famine warning “irresponsible."
In late June 2024 a leaked UN document said that 95% of the population of Gaza were in food insecurity, while almost 500,000 were facing near-famine hunger. The report found famine remained a possibility throughout the entirety of the Gaza Strip, and that the risk was "as high" as at any other time during the conflict.
F or months, aid agencies and world leaders have warned about the risk of famine in Gaza, where normal flows of food and water have slowed to a trickle since Oct. 7. In northern Gaza, where ...