A worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gaza, and immediate action is needed to end fighting and allow unimpeded aid access, a global hunger monitor warned on Tuesday (July 29, 2025), saying failure to act now would result in widespread death.
Its alert coincided with a statement from Gaza health authorities saying Israel’s military campaign had now killed more than 60,000 Palestinians.
Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) that a trickle of aid into the Gaza Strip must become an ocean. “Food, water, medicine and fuel must flow in waves and without obstruction,” he said. “Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. This is not a warning. It is a reality unfolding before our eyes,” he added in a statement.
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised the prospect that the man-made starvation crisis could be formally classified as a famine, in the hope that this might raise the pressure on Israel to let far more food deliveries in. “Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” the IPC said.
