Famine has been declared in Gaza’s largest city, Gaza City.
According to the UN rights chief, famine in the Gaza Governorate is the direct result of Israeli actions. He warned that using starvation as a weapon is a war crime and that the resulting deaths could amount to “wilful killing.”
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed that famine — caused by Israel’s total blockade of aid into Palestine’s Gaza — is already under way in the city that shelters hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, warning it could soon engulf Deir al Balah and Khan Younis before next month is over.
