A new report by independent experts on famine says half a million people in Gaza are now facing starvation as the aid people depend on has dwindled.
Fatma Hijazi holds the lifeless body of her 10-year-old child, Mustafa Hijazi, who died due to malnutrition and lack of medication in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. The photo is from June 14.Nearly all of Gaza’s population is struggling with food shortages and hunger, and half a million people are now facing starvation, a new report by independent experts says.by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or I.P.C.
Israel declared a siege on Gaza after the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 and took around 250 hostages, according to the government figures. Israeli airstrikes, shelling and violence in Gaza since then has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, including thousands of children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. It has not kept a tally of the missing or additional deaths from preventable disease, malnutrition and other consequences of war.
This appears to have “temporarily alleviated” conditions in north Gaza, the I.P.C. study says, adding that the “available evidence does not indicate that famine is currently occurring.” Israel blames Hamas for siphoning off aid that enters, something the group denies. Israel has also blamed U.N. agencies and aid groups for not distributing effectively the humanitarian assistance that does enter.in Israeli airstrikes and aid groups say their trucks are being looted amid widespread hunger and lawlessness.
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