Gaza faces worsening hunger crisis as WFP warns IPC report shows famine-level indicators | UN

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report reveals a worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). “What the data tells us is that two of the three indicators that we monitor have reached famine thresholds,” said Jean Martin Bauer, WFP’s Director of Food Security and Nutrition Assessments. He added that the overall situation has deteriorated since the previous IPC assessment in May, which had already warned of famine risk. The three indicators used to determine famine levels are household food deficits, acute malnutrition, and mortality. Briefing reporters in New York today (Jul 29) Bauer said food consumption has sharply declined across the territory. “Today, we've got over 33 percent of the population that goes for an entire day without having access to any food,” he said. Malnutrition has also spiked. “The levels of global acute malnutrition have quadrupled in Gaza City between May and July,” Bauer noted. While humanitarian pauses have allowed limited aid to trickle in, WFP officials say current access remains inadequate. “Since Sunday, we've only been able to move approximately half of what we've requested to move,” said Ross Smith, WFP’s Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response. “Because people are desperate and the situation on the ground is such that crowds are swarming convoys of the relief supplies, we're not able to do the proper distributions that we want.” Smith added that live fire directed at civilians continues to disrupt aid operations. “We continue every day to see casualty incidents,” he said.


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