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Gaza Faces Escalating Famine Threat as Blockade Enters Third Month

Over 500,000 Gazans face starvation, with nearly the entire population experiencing acute food insecurity under Israel’s ongoing blockade.

Palestinians inspect the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an Israeli strike, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Displaced Palestinians purchase ground lentils as a substitute for making bread due to a shortage of flour in the Gaza Strip, in Khan Younis, on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Karem Hanna)
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Overview

  • The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warns that Gaza is at critical risk of famine, with 22% of the population at imminent risk of starvation.
  • Israel’s blockade, in place since March, has halted all food, medical, and humanitarian supplies, causing severe shortages and skyrocketing food prices.
  • Hospitals in Gaza lack resources to feed patients, forcing families to scavenge for food while widespread malnutrition affects children and pregnant women.
  • Damage to 80% of Gaza’s farmland and restricted access to agricultural zones have decimated local food production, exacerbating the crisis.
  • The United Nations and aid groups have rejected Israel’s proposed private-contractor aid plan, citing legal and logistical concerns, and are calling for immediate unrestricted humanitarian access.