Overview

• UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says about 514,000 people are in famine, confirming Gaza Governorate in famine and projecting up to 641,000 in famine by late September as conditions extend to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis.
• Malnutrition now threatens 132,000 children under five, including 41,000 severe cases, with the IPC urging an immediate ceasefire and large-scale humanitarian access to prevent an exponential rise in deaths.
• The IPC’s famine thresholds include extreme food shortages for at least 20% of households, acute malnutrition in 30% of children, and two or more deaths per 10,000 people per day from hunger or related disease.
• Israel’s foreign ministry and COGAT reject the analysis as false and biased, citing more than 100,000 aid trucks and increased market supplies, while UN leaders call the crisis man-made and demand unfettered access.
• Israel has approved plans to seize Gaza City and intensified strikes; Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened the city’s destruction if Hamas rejects Israel’s terms, and local officials reported at least 25 people killed on Saturday in strikes and shootings.