Overview

• The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has declared that the worst-case famine scenario is now unfolding under Israel’s military offensive and aid blockade.
• The Palestinian health ministry records at least 154 starvation deaths, including 89 children, since the conflict escalation, with daily tallies now published.
• Aid officials note that Israel’s limited pauses in fighting have only marginally increased deliveries, leaving most Gazans without sufficient food support.
• International Rescue Committee leaders warn the crisis has reached a tipping point and that mortality rates will climb exponentially without swift, unobstructed relief.
• The World Health Organization and public health experts caution that severe child malnutrition will inflict long-term developmental harm and undermine future generational health.