Overview

• The IPC, a coalition of 21 organizations, confirmed famine in Gaza City and warned Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis are at risk, projecting more than 600,000 people could face catastrophic conditions by the end of September.
• The assessment says over half a million people confront starvation and calls for an immediate, at-scale response to prevent a surge in hunger-related deaths.
• UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell called arguments over methodology “kind of obscene” and urged allowing international journalists and humanitarian teams into Gaza.
• Russell criticized the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s model, noting it concentrated distribution to four sites versus roughly 400 used by UN agencies, creating dangerous crowding and falling short of humanitarian standards.
• Israel rejected the IPC findings as false and politically motivated, while UN officials appealed directly to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow unrestricted aid access and the U.S. president has not publicly commented on the report.