Overview

• Global hunger monitor IPC says about 514,000 people are in famine in Gaza Governorate, with the total projected to reach roughly 641,000 by the end of September as conditions spread to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis.
• The IPC warns of a sharp rise in acute malnutrition, including an estimated 132,000 children under five at risk, with about 41,000 severe cases.
• The declaration is the IPC’s first recorded famine outside Africa, and UN officials describe the crisis as man-made, urging immediate humanitarian access and cautioning that starvation deaths could raise grave legal concerns.
• Israel rejects the findings as false and biased, with COGAT saying the analysis ignored Israeli aid data and claiming markets are stocked after large numbers of trucks entered the enclave.
• Israel’s leadership has authorized plans to seize Gaza City, with Defense Minister Israel Katz threatening destruction if Hamas does not meet Israeli conditions, heightening risks of mass displacement and further deterioration.