Gaza, queuing for a water tank: the famine is extreme
The IPC has declared a level 5 warning in the city, which could also extend to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis.
(LaPresse) Residents of Gaza City were seen collecting water from a tanker on Saturday, a day after the world's leading authority on food crises declared the Gaza Strip's largest city facing famine. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), famine is already underway in Gaza City—home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians—and could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month. The assessment comes after months of warnings from humanitarian organizations that Israel's restrictions on food and aid entry into Gaza, combined with the military offensive, were causing starvation among Palestinian civilians, particularly children. Israel rejected the report, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it a "total lie." According to the report, over half a million people—about a quarter of Gaza's population—face catastrophic levels of hunger, with many at risk of death from malnutrition-related causes. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the findings "a man-made disaster, a moral indictment, and a failure of humanity itself," calling for an "immediate ceasefire."
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