Overview

• Amnesty’s August 17 report, drawing on interviews with 19 displaced Gazans and medical staff, details widespread malnutrition alongside documented denials of medical and food aid.
• The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warned on July 29 that most of Gaza has crossed famine thresholds due to severe blockade restrictions.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry recorded 110 child deaths from malnutrition-related complications by August 17, with nearly 13,000 acute malnutrition admissions in July including 2,800 severe cases.
• UNOSAT and FAO satellite assessments found that 86% of Gaza’s permanent crop fields experienced significant decline from razing, bombing and shelling.
• Amnesty urges an unconditional lifting of the blockade, a sustained ceasefire and targeted sanctions against Israel; Israeli authorities vehemently reject the allegations on security grounds.