UN Body Declares Famine in Gaza as Demands for a Truce Grow
Palestinians try to collect free food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City.
Photographer: Ahmad Salem/BloombergA United Nations-backed body declared a famine in Gaza for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in 2023, prompting intensified international calls for an end to fighting and the accelerated delivery of aid.
More than 640,000 people in the Palestinian territory will face “catastrophic levels of food insecurity” by the end of September, according to a report released Friday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, which monitors global hunger with the backing of the UN and other aid agencies.