Overview

• The classification applies to Gaza Governorate in the north, including Gaza City, with more than half a million people in famine conditions.
• IPC data identify 132,000 children under five at risk, including 41,000 in especially critical condition.
• The finding rests on IPC thresholds for extreme household food deficits, very high acute child malnutrition, and excess mortality, marking the first such determination in the Middle East.
• An independent Famine Review Committee confirmed the analysis as UN officials call for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian deliveries.
• Israel says there is no famine in Gaza and cites rising aid shipments, while experts warn the crisis could spread to Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis within weeks without major access improvements.