Overview

• Israel demanded the UN-supported IPC report be withdrawn, with Foreign Ministry director Eden Bar Tal calling it fabricated and threatening to present alleged methodological evidence to donors within two weeks.
• The IPC assessment found famine conditions in the Gaza City district, identifying over 500,000 people in catastrophic circumstances and a further 1.07 million unable to meet basic food needs.
• UN agencies including FAO, WFP, WHO and UNICEF issued a joint call for an immediate ceasefire and unhindered relief corridors to avert further loss of life.
• At the Security Council, members called for a halt to plans to take Gaza City, a pause in fighting and expanded aid deliveries, with the United States abstaining from the joint statement.
• UN officials cited severe risks for children, noting 132,000 under five face malnutrition-related danger and warning the number of people acutely threatened could rise to 640,000 by late September.