Overview

• WHO officials reported 400 people have died from hunger in Gaza, with the figure announced by Rik Peeperkorn from inside the territory.
• Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 66,000 people have been killed since October 2023, about 70% of them women and children.
• Only four centers for treating malnutrition are functioning across Gaza, and staff face acute shortages of therapeutic foods and persistent insecurity.
• An estimated one million residents are living on less than six liters of water per day, compounding health risks.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN there is no famine and cited large food deliveries, a position disputed by the WHO data.