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Mexico Backs UN Call for Immediate Gaza Aid After Famine Declaration

The foreign ministry says the ban on starvation as a method of war compels urgent humanitarian access.

México se suma al llamado de la ONU para permitir ayuda humanitaria en Gaza
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Palestinos cargan sacos de harina descargados de un convoy humanitario a las afueras de Beit Lahiya, en el norte de la Franja de Gaza, el sábado 23 de agosto de 2025. (AP Foto/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Overview

  • Mexico’s foreign ministry announced its support after the United Nations confirmed that famine is occurring in the Gaza Strip.
  • The ministry condemned the use of hunger as a weapon, calling the famine a grave affront to human dignity under international humanitarian law.
  • UN human rights chief Volker Türk blamed the Israeli government for the famine and said using starvation in conflict constitutes a war crime.
  • UN humanitarian official Tom Fletcher said the famine has been promoted as a weapon in the war between Israel and Hamas.
  • The latest IPC assessment reports 30% of households in Gaza governorate at Phase 5 as of August 15 with projections to 35% by mid-September, with catastrophic thresholds emerging in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis and more than half a million people facing catastrophic conditions.