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Gaza crisis could get famine label, global hunger monitor says
Britain says it will recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza. Britain’s warning heightens pressure on Israel amid an international outcry over its conduct of the war. France announced it would recognise Palestinian statehood last week in a move that enraged the Israeli government. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has made clear it has no intention of joining others in recognising PalestinianStatehood anytime soon. The move, if carried through, would be mostly symbolic, with Israel occupying the territories where the Palestinians have long aimed to establish that state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital. The U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday it was not getting the permissions it needed to deliver enough aid since Israel began humanitarian pauses in warfare on Sunday. The alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised the prospect that the man-made starvation crisis in Gaza could be formally classified as a famine. The IPC said it would quickly carry out the formal analysis that could allow it to classify Gaza as “in famine”.
IPC warns of looming famine amid severe food shortages
Gaza officials says Israel’s war has now killed 60,000
Israel says 5,000 aid trucks entered Gaza in two months
UNITED NATIONS/LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas.
The warning came after a hunger monitor said a worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding and immediate action is needed to avoid widespread death. Palestinian authorities said more than 60,000 Palestinians were now confirmed killed by Israel’s air and ground assault on the Gaza Strip.
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The hunger alert and the new death toll are grim milestones in a conflict that began almost two years ago when Hamas attacked Israel, sparking an offensive that has flattened much of the enclave and ignited hostilities across the Middle East.
The alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised the prospect that the man-made starvation crisis in Gaza could be formally classified as a famine , in the hope that this might raise the pressure on Israel to let in far more food.
Britain’s warning heightens pressure on Israel amid an international outcry over its conduct of the war. France announced it would recognise Palestinian statehood last week in a move that enraged the Israeli government. Israel dismissed Britain’s announcement as a “reward” for Hamas.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his cabinet on Tuesday that Britain would follow suit at the United Nations General Assembly in September “unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term peace process that delivers a two-state solution,” his government said.
The move, if carried through, would be mostly symbolic, with Israel occupying the territories where the Palestinians have long aimed to establish that state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital.
It makes Israel appear more isolated on the international stage as a growing number of countries call for it to allow unfettered aid into Gaza, where it controls all entry and exit points to the besieged coastal territory.
However, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration – Israel’s closest and most influential ally – has made clear it has no intention of joining others in recognising Palestinian statehood anytime soon. Since returning to office in January, Trump has left it unclear whether he would support an eventual Palestinian state.
Trump said on Tuesday he and Starmer did not discuss Britain’s proposal to recognise a Palestinian state when the two held talks in Scotland over the weekend. Trump told reporters at the time he did “not mind” if Britain did so.
EVIDENCE OF STARVATION, MALNUTRITION, DISEASE
With the international furore over Gaza’s ordeal growing, Israel announced steps over the weekend to ease aid access. But the U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday it was not getting the permissions it needed to deliver enough aid since Israel began humanitarian pauses in warfare on Sunday.
“Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” the IPC said, adding that “famine thresholds” have been reached for food consumption in most of Gaza.
It said it would quickly carry out the formal analysis that could allow it to classify Gaza as “in famine”.
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Gaza health authorities have been reporting more and more people dying from hunger-related causes. The total stands at 147, among them 88 children, most of whom died in the last few weeks.
Images of emaciated Palestinian children have shocked the world, with Israel’s strongest ally Trump declaring that many people were starving. He promised to set up new “food centres”.
Israel has denied pursuing a policy of starvation. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday that the situation in Gaza was “tough” but there were lies about starvation there.
DEADLIEST CONFLICT
The Gazan casualty figures, which are often cited by the U.N. and have previously been described as reliable by the World Health Organisation, underline the war as the deadliest involving Israel since its establishment in 1948.
Israel launched its offensive in response to Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, when militants killed some 1,200 people and took another 251 hostage – Israel’s deadliest ever day. Since Israel launched ground operations in Gaza in October 2023, 454 soldiers have been killed.
The new Palestinian toll does not distinguish between fighters and civilians. Thousands more bodies are believed to be buried under rubble, meaning the true toll is likely to be significantly higher, Palestinian officials and rescue workers say.
Israeli airstrikes overnight killed at least 30 Palestinians in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, Gaza health authorities said. Doctors at Al-Awda Hospital said at least 14 women and 12 children were among the dead.
The hospital also said that 13 people had been killed and dozens wounded by Israeli gunfire along the Salahudeen Road as they waited for aid trucks to roll into Gaza.
ONLY HALF OF REQUESTS APPROVED
Saar said 5,000 aid trucks had entered Gaza in the last two months, and that Israel would assist those wanting to conduct airdrops – a delivery method that aid groups say is ineffective and tokenist.
Ross Smith, a senior regional programme adviser at the World Food Programme, told reporters in Geneva by video: “We’re getting approximately 50% of what we’re requesting into Gaza since these humanitarian pauses started on Sunday.
“We are not going to be able to address the needs of the population unless we can move in the volume that we need.”
Israel and the U.S. accuse Hamas of stealing aid – which the militants deny – and the U.N. of failing to prevent it. The U.N. says it has not seen evidence of Hamas diverting much aid. Hamas accuses Israel of causing starvation and using aid as a weapon.
Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Olivia Le Poidevin; additional reporting by Lena Masri in London; Steven Scheer in Jerusalem; writing by Michelle Nichols, Tom Perry, John Davison; Editing by Don Durfee, Kevin Liffey and Mark Heinrich
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Gaza crisis could get famine label, global hunger monitor says
A worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gaza, a hunger monitor warned on Tuesday. The number of Palestinians reported killed in the conflict with Israel crossed the 60,000 threshold.
A worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gazaand immediate action is needed to avoid widespread death, a hunger monitor warned on Tuesday, as the number of Palestinians reported killed in the conflict with Israel crossed the 60,000 threshold, Reuters reported.
The hunger alert and the new death toll are grim milestones in a conflict that began almost two years ago when Hamas attacked Israel, sparking an offensive that has laid waste to much of the enclave and ignited hostilities across the region.
The alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised the prospect that the man-made starvation crisis in Gaza could be formally classified as a famine, in the hope that this might raise the pressure on Israel to let in far more food, according to Reuters.
Death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 60,000 people
The death toll from the Gaza conflict has risen to 60,000, the health ministry says. At least 30 people have been killed, including women and children, it adds. The death toll is expected to rise as the conflict continues.
“The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 60,034 martyrs and 145,870 injuries since October 7, 2023,” the ministry said in a statement. Thousands more are believed to be buried beneath the rubble.
Civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Basal said earlier Tuesday that strikes were carried out overnight and into the morning and “targeted a number of citizens’ homes” in the central Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 30 Palestinians, including women and children.
At the weekend, under pressure from international opinion to head off the territory’s slide into famine, Israel declared a series of “tactical pauses” which began on Sunday to allow aid deliveries.
But despite the pauses, and with some aid convoys allowed to enter the besieged and war-torn enclave, strikes continued.
Gaza crisis could get famine label, global hunger monitor says
Britain says it will recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza. Britain’s warning heightens pressure on Israel amid an international outcry over its conduct of the war. France announced it would recognise Palestinian statehood last week in a move that enraged the Israeli government. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has made clear it has no intention of joining others in recognising PalestinianStatehood anytime soon. The move, if carried through, would be mostly symbolic, with Israel occupying the territories where the Palestinians have long aimed to establish that state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital. The U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday it was not getting the permissions it needed to deliver enough aid since Israel began humanitarian pauses in warfare on Sunday. The alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised the prospect that the man-made starvation crisis in Gaza could be formally classified as a famine. The IPC said it would quickly carry out the formal analysis that could allow it to classify Gaza as “in famine”.
IPC warns of looming famine amid severe food shortages
Gaza officials says Israel’s war has now killed 60,000
Israel says 5,000 aid trucks entered Gaza in two months
UNITED NATIONS/LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas.
The warning came after a hunger monitor said a worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding and immediate action is needed to avoid widespread death. Palestinian authorities said more than 60,000 Palestinians were now confirmed killed by Israel’s air and ground assault on the Gaza Strip.
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The hunger alert and the new death toll are grim milestones in a conflict that began almost two years ago when Hamas attacked Israel, sparking an offensive that has flattened much of the enclave and ignited hostilities across the Middle East.
The alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised the prospect that the man-made starvation crisis in Gaza could be formally classified as a famine , in the hope that this might raise the pressure on Israel to let in far more food.
Britain’s warning heightens pressure on Israel amid an international outcry over its conduct of the war. France announced it would recognise Palestinian statehood last week in a move that enraged the Israeli government. Israel dismissed Britain’s announcement as a “reward” for Hamas.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his cabinet on Tuesday that Britain would follow suit at the United Nations General Assembly in September “unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term peace process that delivers a two-state solution,” his government said.
The move, if carried through, would be mostly symbolic, with Israel occupying the territories where the Palestinians have long aimed to establish that state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital.
It makes Israel appear more isolated on the international stage as a growing number of countries call for it to allow unfettered aid into Gaza, where it controls all entry and exit points to the besieged coastal territory.
However, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration – Israel’s closest and most influential ally – has made clear it has no intention of joining others in recognising Palestinian statehood anytime soon. Since returning to office in January, Trump has left it unclear whether he would support an eventual Palestinian state.
Trump said on Tuesday he and Starmer did not discuss Britain’s proposal to recognise a Palestinian state when the two held talks in Scotland over the weekend. Trump told reporters at the time he did “not mind” if Britain did so.
EVIDENCE OF STARVATION, MALNUTRITION, DISEASE
With the international furore over Gaza’s ordeal growing, Israel announced steps over the weekend to ease aid access. But the U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday it was not getting the permissions it needed to deliver enough aid since Israel began humanitarian pauses in warfare on Sunday.
“Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” the IPC said, adding that “famine thresholds” have been reached for food consumption in most of Gaza.
It said it would quickly carry out the formal analysis that could allow it to classify Gaza as “in famine”.
Item 1 of 4 Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 28. REUTERS/Khamis Al-Rifi [1/4] Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 28. REUTERS/Khamis Al-Rifi Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Gaza health authorities have been reporting more and more people dying from hunger-related causes. The total stands at 147, among them 88 children, most of whom died in the last few weeks.
Images of emaciated Palestinian children have shocked the world, with Israel’s strongest ally Trump declaring that many people were starving. He promised to set up new “food centres”.
Israel has denied pursuing a policy of starvation. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday that the situation in Gaza was “tough” but there were lies about starvation there.
DEADLIEST CONFLICT
The Gazan casualty figures, which are often cited by the U.N. and have previously been described as reliable by the World Health Organisation, underline the war as the deadliest involving Israel since its establishment in 1948.
Israel launched its offensive in response to Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, when militants killed some 1,200 people and took another 251 hostage – Israel’s deadliest ever day. Since Israel launched ground operations in Gaza in October 2023, 454 soldiers have been killed.
The new Palestinian toll does not distinguish between fighters and civilians. Thousands more bodies are believed to be buried under rubble, meaning the true toll is likely to be significantly higher, Palestinian officials and rescue workers say.
Israeli airstrikes overnight killed at least 30 Palestinians in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, Gaza health authorities said. Doctors at Al-Awda Hospital said at least 14 women and 12 children were among the dead.
The hospital also said that 13 people had been killed and dozens wounded by Israeli gunfire along the Salahudeen Road as they waited for aid trucks to roll into Gaza.
ONLY HALF OF REQUESTS APPROVED
Saar said 5,000 aid trucks had entered Gaza in the last two months, and that Israel would assist those wanting to conduct airdrops – a delivery method that aid groups say is ineffective and tokenist.
Ross Smith, a senior regional programme adviser at the World Food Programme, told reporters in Geneva by video: “We’re getting approximately 50% of what we’re requesting into Gaza since these humanitarian pauses started on Sunday.
“We are not going to be able to address the needs of the population unless we can move in the volume that we need.”
Israel and the U.S. accuse Hamas of stealing aid – which the militants deny – and the U.N. of failing to prevent it. The U.N. says it has not seen evidence of Hamas diverting much aid. Hamas accuses Israel of causing starvation and using aid as a weapon.
Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Olivia Le Poidevin; additional reporting by Lena Masri in London; Steven Scheer in Jerusalem; writing by Michelle Nichols, Tom Perry, John Davison; Editing by Don Durfee, Kevin Liffey and Mark Heinrich
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‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ unfolding in Gaza, IPC says
‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ unfolding in Gaza, IPC says. “Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” IPC warning says. More than 100 aid groups warned last week of a dire food shortage in the territory. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his administration have denied there is a hunger crisis in Hamas-controlled Gaza.. U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Monday to contradict Netanyahu, saying he doesn’t know if he believes claims that there is no starvation.
IPC said in a new alert that widespread death will occur without immediate action in Gaza
IPC said in a new alert that widespread death will occur without immediate action in Gaza
IPC said in a new alert that widespread death will occur without immediate action in Gaza
IPC said in a new alert that widespread death will occur without immediate action in Gaza
The “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, according to a warning issued Tuesday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a global initiative monitoring hunger with the backing of governments, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations.
“Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” the IPC warning said. “Latest data thresholds have been reached for food consumption in the Gaza Strip, and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City.”
More than 100 aid groups warned last week of a dire food shortage in the territory, saying there was an impending “mass starvation” for the Palestinians living there.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his administration have denied there is a hunger crisis in Gaza.
“Israel is presented as though we are applying a campaign of starvation in Gaza. What a bold-faced lie,” Netanyahu said during an event in Jerusalem on Sunday. “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza.”
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Monday to contradict Netanyahu, saying he doesn’t know if he believes claims that there is no starvation occurring in Gaza.
The Israeli military said on Sunday it would put in place daily “tactical” pauses and open corridors to facility aid delivery.
IPC said Tuesday it was issuing a “stark” warning about the scenario unfolding in Gaza, adding that malnutrition had been “rising rapidly” in the first half of July.
“Immediate action must be taken to end the hostilities and allow for unimpeded, large-scale, life-saving humanitarian response,” the initiative said in its alert. “This is the only path to stopping further deaths and catastrophic human suffering.”
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