Famine confirmed in Gaza City is ‘failure of humanity’, UN chief says

The United Nations Chief described the famine in and around the city of Gaza as “failure of humanity”.

Antonio Gutteres, defining the hunger levels around the world, some parts of the region in some parts of the food insecurity is the highest and most severe raising the situation after raising the situation “human -made disaster”, he said.

Integrated Food Safety Classification (IPC) says that more than half a million people in Gaza are facing the “disaster” conditions characterized by “hunger, poverty and death”.

The report refused by Israel that it was hunger in the region.

The UN says that Israel continues to restrict the amount of aid in Gaza, which Israel also rejected.

What are their denials directly contradictory More than 100 Humanitarian GroupWitnesses on the ground, many of the Israeli allies, including more than one UN body and England.

The IPC says that “an emergency, scale response” is necessary or that there will be a “unacceptable increase” in deaths related to famine.

In mid-August and the end of September, the famine will expand to Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis along the lane.

During this period, almost one -third of the population – approximately 641,000 people – IPC phase 5 is expected to encounter “disaster conditions”, while the number of people who will face the “Emergency” conditions in the IPC phase 4 will probably rise to 1.14 million or 58% of the population.

The report also predicts that until June 2026, malnutrition will threaten the lives of 132,000 children under five years of age.

Since the beginning of the war, Gaza’s Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, said that 271 people, including 112 children, have died without malnutrition.

Since its establishment in 2004, it has been classified only by the IPC, the previous four families, in Sudan in 2024.

The IPC cannot officially declare famine – this is usually done by governments or the United Nations.

“The declaration of famine came too late, but it’s still important.

“We haven’t eaten any protein for five months. My youngest child doesn’t know how fruits and vegetables look or taste.”

29 -year -old Rida Hijjeh said that his five -year -old daughter Lamia fell from 19kg (42LBS) to 10.5kg (23lbs). He said that Lamia was healthy before the war began and had no illnesses before.

“All of this was just because of famine,” he said. “There is nothing for the child to eat. No vegetables, no fruit.”

Now, Lamia said that she suffered from swelling, hair thinning and nerve problems.

In response to the report, UN Assistance Chief Tom Fletcher said that famine is completely prevented and that food cannot reach the Palestinian territory because of the “systematic blocking of Israel”.

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said: “When there was no word left to define the hell living in Gaza, a new one was added: ‘famine’.”

He described this as “not a mystery,” rather “a” human -made disaster, a moral indictment and the failure of humanity itself “.

Authorized, Israel’s “population, including the task of providing food and medical equipment in the scope of international law,” he added.

“This is the design and human -made hunger by the Israeli government,” said Philli Lazzarini, President of the UN Palestinian Refugees Agency (UNRWA).

The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk described famine as “direct result of the actions taken by the Israeli government”, which restricted the entry of aid “illegal”.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy described famine as “moral anger”.

“The Israeli government refused to allow enough assistance to Gaza, causing this human -made disaster,” he wrote.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “Israel has no hunger policy, Israel has a policy of preventing hunger. Since the beginning of the war, Israel has provided a Gaza Strip on a ton of aid per person.”

In recent months, Israel has become widespread under international condemnation for its aid in the Gaza Strip.

Last month, after weeks of pressure, the Israeli army said that he had transferred humanitarian aid to Gaza – a movement criticized as a movement by help agencies at that time “GROTESQUE ATTENTION DISTRIBUTER“.

Since then, other aid decreases have taken place – but warnings about their safety with reports that civilians were shot and killed by falling pallets.

At the beginning of this week, BBC Verification found 10 separate events The place where help is left to an area where the Israeli army warns people not to enter.

In addition to AirDrops, Israel said it would appoint human corridors for the UN convoys. However, on Tuesday, the UN warned that the “help drop” entering Gaza was insufficient to “prevent widespread hunger”.

Cogat, the Israeli military organ responsible for aid, says that approximately 300 aid trucks entered a daily basis, but the UN’s 600 truck materials per day are required.

The IPC report comes while preparing to launch a new military attack aimed at invading Israel’s Gaza City.

Israel’s army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack on Southern Israel, led by Hamas on 7 October 2023, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage.

According to the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas of the region, at least 62,122 people have been killed in Gaza since then.

Most of the Gaza population has been displaced many times; It is estimated that more than 90% of the houses are damaged or destroyed; And health, water, sanitation and hygiene systems collapsed.