{"id":1139,"date":"2026-07-24T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:38:42","slug":"majority-in-gaza-are-still-suffering-crisis-or-worse-levels-of-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1139","title":{"rendered":"Majority in Gaza Are Still Suffering \u201cCrisis or Worse\u201d Levels of Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a <\/span><\/i><i><span>quick donation<\/span><\/i><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1137\">DOJ Drops Subpoenas of New York Times Journalists and Their Family Members<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although the Gaza Strip is no longer officially enduring famine, a majority of Palestinians there are suffering \u201ccrisis or worse\u201d levels of hunger in an emergency that is expected to worsen in the coming months if Israel\u2019s bombardment and siege \u2014 which many experts say is a key component of an ongoing genocide \u2014 continue.<\/p>\n<p>The Integrated Phase Food Security Classification \u2014 which ranks food security levels on a scale of 1 to 5 \u2014 on Thursday published an  showing that from mid-April to the end of June, more than 1.2 million people, or 59% of Gaza\u2019s population, were experiencing IPC Phase 3 (crisis) or worse levels of food insecurity. This included about 212,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (emergency). All five Gaza governorates were classified as being in Phase 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two years of conflict, the October 2025 ceasefire has led to measurable gains in humanitarian access and overall conditions across the Gaza Strip,\u201d IPC said in a statement. \u201cHowever, the situation remains deeply fragile, with civilians continuing to endure harsh conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>#Gaza Strip The Oct 2025 ceasefire has led to measurable gains in humanitarian access &amp; conditions across the Gaza Strip, yet the situation remains deeply fragile. 1.4 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity through Dec 2026.  More: www.ipcinfo.org\/ipcinfo-webs\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (@theipcinfo.bsky.social) 2026-07-23T12:42:50.143Z<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This marks an improvement from a year ago, when a \u201cworst-case scenario\u201d was developing into a Phase 5 (catastrophe) famine that was formally declared by the IPC in August 2025. At least hundreds of Palestinians, many of them children, have died from malnutrition since Israel launched its US-backed war on Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The IPC declared last December that while Gaza was no longer in a famine, the situation remained critical for the war-ravaged Palestinians there. The new IPC report warns that two-thirds of Gaza\u2019s population are projected to face Phase 3 crisis conditions by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The organization also said that 74,200 Palestinian children under the age of 5 in Gaza will likely need treatment for acute malnutrition through next April.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the new IPC data, United Nations Children\u2019s Fund Executive Director Catherine Russell said Thursday that \u201cacute malnutrition has fallen, but many children are still going hungry, and some children may never fully recover from prolonged lack of proper nutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis progress shows that when humanitarian access improves and aid gets through, children can be pulled back from the brink,\u201d she added. \u201cBut it rests on a supplementary feeding program that doesn\u2019t reach all children, and where funding is running out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces have killed or wounded more than 250,000 Palestinians since then, and forcibly displaced, starved, or sickened over 2 million others since then, resulting in worldwide allegations of genocide embodied in an International Court of Justice case filed by South Africa at the end of 2023 and now formally supported by nearly 20 nations.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1135\">Trump Threatens \u201cMassive\u201d Attack of Unprecedented Proportion on Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leading global famine experts accused Israel of deliberately starving Palestinians in Gaza. The International Criminal Court arrest warrants issued in late 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, his former defense minister who ordered the \u201ccomplete siege\u201d of Gaza, accuse the pair of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder and forced starvation.<\/p>\n<p>Like many members of their public, Israeli and US officials under both the Biden and Trump administrations initially denied that Israel was starving Gazans. However, Israeli officials warned in private that Gaza was facing starvation, while US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other administration figures have acknowledged that Palestinians were starving to death in the strip. That did not stop them from continuing to give billions of dollars in US armed aid to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the new IPC report, acting United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Carl Skau said that \u201cthere is progress on food security in Gaza, but it is fragile and can easily be reversed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overall humanitarian situation remains brutal: Families lack water, sanitation, and medicine,\u201d Skau added. \u201cWe need sustained access, funding, and stability so people of Gaza can begin recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heads of various United Nations agencies concurred that a lasting peace \u2014 which Israel is not allowing as it continues bombing and besieging Gaza despite a nominal nine-month ceasefire \u2014 is imperative for that recovery.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Despite the so-called ceasefire in Gaza, civilians continue to pay a heavy price every day.<\/p>\n<p>People are being killed in their homes, in their communities, and while carrying out ordinary acts of daily life \u2013 as Israel increases its control of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Living conditions remain\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ant\u00f3nio Guterres (@antonioguterres) July 23, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFood security in Gaza cannot recover unless local food production starts again and farmers, herders, fishers, and other producers can rebuild their livelihoods,\u201d UN Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Qu Dongyu said on Thursday. \u201cProducers need access to farmland and the sea, and to seeds, tools, livestock supplies, and other agricultural inputs, as well as technical support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestrictions on agricultural imports and humanitarian supplies must be lifted,\u201d Qu added. \u201cWithout these essentials, food production, and security will remain a pressing situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IPC said that \u201crecent gains remain fragile,\u201d and that \u201cadvancing peace plans is essential to support recovery, enable the safe return of displaced populations, and help households rebuild their livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1133\">Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Against Resolution to Rein in Trump\u2019s War on Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emergency is expected to worsen in the coming months if Israel\u2019s bombardment and siege continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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