New international report: All Gaza residents face the risk of famine

A report issued by the United Nations and international bodies stated that the entire Gaza Strip faces a high risk of famine with renewed fighting, continued closure of border crossings, and dangerous food scarcity.

Hunger and malnutrition have sharply intensified since all aid was blocked on March 2, reversing the apparent humanitarian gains achieved during the ceasefire earlier this year.

According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification* report released Monday, 470,000 people in Gaza will face catastrophic hunger (IPC Phase 5, the most severe) between May and September 2025, a 250 percent increase over previous IPC estimates.

The report determines that the entire population is suffering from high levels of acute food insecurity. It also projects that 71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers will require urgent treatment for acute malnutrition. By the beginning of 2025, agencies estimate that 60,000 children will require treatment.

“Families in Gaza are starving, and WFP has enough food at the border to feed more than one million people for four months,” said WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain.

“However, we cannot get it to them due to renewed conflict and the total humanitarian blockade imposed in early March.”