GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday that seven more citizens, including a child, have died due to starvation and malnutrition in the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of confirmed deaths from hunger to 154, including 89 children.
According to a stark warning from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the Gaza Strip is now facing an imminent risk of famine, with food consumption and nutrition indicators reaching their worst levels since the beginning of the war.
The report confirmed that two of the three famine thresholds have already been exceeded in parts of Gaza. Both the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF warned that time is rapidly running out to mount a comprehensive humanitarian response.
A joint statement from UN agencies blamed the worsening crisis on “the ongoing conflict, the collapse of basic services, and severe restrictions on the delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid imposed on the United Nations,” all of which have contributed to catastrophic food security conditions for hundreds of thousands across the besieged enclave.
The Gaza Strip is currently undergoing the most severe humanitarian catastrophe in its history, as famine deepens under a genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation army since October 7, 2023.
Since March 2, 2025, Israel has completely sealed all crossings into Gaza, blocking the entry of nearly all food and medical supplies. This has resulted in widespread hunger and mass starvation throughout the Strip.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has warned that malnutrition among children under five could double between March and June due to the ongoing siege and aid restrictions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) also confirmed that malnutrition rates in Gaza have reached alarming levels, holding the deliberate blockade and delays in humanitarian aid directly responsible for many of the deaths. The organization reported that nearly one in five children under five years old in Gaza City now suffers from severe acute malnutrition.
