Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor

August 22, 2025 3:55 PM

Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor

Famine has struck an area of Gaza and will likely spread over the next month, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system said 514,000 people - nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza - are experiencing famine, and that was expected to rise to 641,000 by the end of September. Some 280,000 of those people are in a n...

On Gaza malnutrition ward, a child’s arm is as wide as mother’s thumb

July 30, 2025 6:11 PM

On Gaza malnutrition ward, a child’s arm is as wide as mother’s thumb

On the pink walls of Nasser hospital’s child malnutrition ward, cartoon drawings show children running, smiling, and playing with flowers and balloons. Beneath the pictures, a handful of Gazan mothers watch over their babies who lie still and largely silent, mostly too exhausted by severe hunger to cry. The quiet is common in places treating the most acutely malnourished, doctors told Reuters, a sign of bodies shutting down. "She is always lethargic, lying down, like this… you do not find...

Gaza death toll hits 60,000 as global monitor demands action to avert famine

July 29, 2025 4:14 PM

Gaza death toll hits 60,000 as global monitor demands action to avert famine

A worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gaza and immediate action is needed to end fighting and allow unimpeded aid access, a global hunger monitor warned on Tuesday, saying failure to act now would result in widespread death. Its alert coincided with a statement from Gaza health authorities saying Israel's military campaign had now killed more than 60,000 Palestinians. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised the prospect that the manmade starvation crisis could ...