The UN-backed Famine Review Committee has determined that 514,000 people in Gaza — almost a quarter of the population — are experiencing famine, with the number expected to hit 641,000 by the end of September.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has raised its classification to Phase 5, the highest and worst level of its acute food insecurity scale. The Famine Review Committee (FRC) has determined that Famine (IPC Phase 5) is already occurring in Gaza Governorate. with famine thresholds for Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis Governorates likely to be passed by September 30.
As this Famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed.with an immediate, at-scale response according to the FRC, with any further delay - even by days - resulting in a totally unacceptable escalation of famine-related mortality.
To be classified as “in famine” at least 20% of the population in a region must be suffering from extreme food shortages, with one in three children acutely malnourished and two people out of every 10,000 dying daily from starvation or malnutrition and disease.
