(Bloomberg)-The supported UN declared in Gaza for the first time famine since the outbreak of the war in Israel in 2023, which is probably to intensify the international challenges to end the struggle and accelerated assistance.
According to a report published on Friday, published on Friday, the integrated food phase that monitors global hunger with the support of the UN and other auxiliary agencies, will be more than 640,000 people monitoring global hunger in Palestinian territory by the end of September until the end of September to the end of September.
This is about a third of the Gaza population about 2 million and “it is assumed that acute malnutrition will deteriorate rapidly,” IPC said. The group demanded “immediate and permanent stopping hostility” and “unconditional and safe humanitarian approach” to alleviate the crisis.
Israel rejected these findings, and the Foreign Ministry called the “devised” message. The coordinator of the country’s government activities in the territories, known as Cogat, said the analysis relied on “partial, distorted data and superficial information from Hamas”.
The IPC scale is a world -renowned system for categorizing food levels in the population. Since its work in 2004, the body supported by UNS has declared only four other famine, all in Africa. It is Somalia in 2011, South Sudan in 2017 and 2020 and Sudan in 2024.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allowed the beginning of new interviews on Thursday to ensure the release of the hostages holding Hamas and ending the war, although in recent weeks hardened its conditions. The government requires Hamas to hand over, disarm and release all 50 hostages held in Gaza, while previous interviews focused on the initial edition of the half of 20 hostages, which were expected to be alive.
At the same time, the Israeli army increases plans to take over the city of Gaza, defakto the capital of the territory, in the escalation of the campaign. This plan was broadly condemned by governments in the Middle East and beyond, even though it retains the support of the US, the main ally of Israel.
“We cannot allow this situation to continue with impunity,” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres after IPC release. Called for “immediate ceasefire, immediate release of all hostages and a complete, unlimited humanitarian approach.”
The UN body warned against extensive hunger and malnutrition in Gaza, the moon, especially after Israel blocked the entry of international assistance after the last ceasefire in March.
The government agreed to allow easier access to humanitarian groups at the end of July, leading to a sharp increase in the number of food cars that move to Gaza, although groups such as the UN office for humanitarian matters, claim that the amount remains insufficient to meet minimal levels of food needs.
“In recent weeks, the massive influx of lane has flooded with basic foods and has caused a sharp drop in food prices,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
Hamas, marked as a terrorist group of the US and the European Union, said on Monday that he agreed to the proposal of the ceasefire of the mediators of Qatar and Egypt. Israel did not formally respond.
The Gaza War began after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 250. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 62,000 Palestinians were killed.
-S using Chris Miller and Carly Canivete.
(Update with other IPC findings in the third paragraph.)
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