War on Gaza resulted in worst food crisis ever recorded: IPC analysis
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The study identifies war as the primary driver of acute food insecurity, and this year's edition focuses on two noteworthy crisis-stricken regions: Sudan and Gaza.
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A Palestinian girl carrying a plate of food provided by volunteers in Rafah (AFP)
According to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024, wars are the leading cause of food insecurity, describing the food crisis in the Gaza Strip as the worst in eight years.
The GRFC is the flagship report of the Global Network against Food Crises (GNAFC), which was facilitated by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN). The GNAFC is a coalition of development and humanitarian agencies working to alleviate food shortages.
The study identifies war as the primary driver of acute food insecurity, and this year's edition focuses on two crisis-stricken regions: Sudan and Gaza.
The war on the Gaza Strip resulted in the greatest food crisis ever recorded, according to an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) research. The whole Gaza population is classified as IPC Phase 3 (crisis) or worse, with 50% anticipated to be in a condition of disaster (IPC Phase 5), which occurs when people confront an acute scarcity of food and exhaustion of coping skills.
In early April, the US humanitarian envoy in Gaza, David Satterfield, affirmed that famine looms over all 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza.
During a briefing hosted by the American Jewish Committee, Satterfield stated that "this is not a point in debate. It is an established fact, which the United States, its experts, the international community, its experts assess and believe is real," adding that the ongoing dehumanization of Palestinians cannot continue, regardless of the events of October 7 and its effects on settler society and the capturing of captives.
Famine threatens the 300,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza, he highlighted, as "Israel" deliberately prevents aid deliveries and intentionally starves civilians in the territory.
IOF open fire, murder people awaiting aid at Gaza's Kuwaiti roundabout
"Israel" has not only blocked aid from entering the Strip but has also blatantly targeted a gathering of starved Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid packages in March at the Kuwait Roundabout in southern Gaza, Al Mayadeen's correspondent had reported.
The Gaza Ministry of Health emphasized that the Kuwait roundabout massacre was further proof of the Israeli occupation's intentions to commit more horrendous crimes.
According to the extremist and clearly deluded "Israel" lobby, people in Gaza nearing famine is a "trap" set out by Hamas, the Palestinian Resistance, which wants the US to believe it is, so as to exert pressure on the occupation.
Several humanitarian aid organizations suspended their operations in Gaza following Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the deaths of seven workers from World Central Kitchen.
It is worth noting that the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs warned last month that "time is running out, and obstacles to accessing aid persist in the Gaza Strip."
The statement emphasized that "over 1.1 million people in Gaza are facing severe levels of food insecurity," asserting that "there is no alternative to delivering aid by land to save lives, particularly in northern Gaza."
Last month, The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as "manmade", and accused "Israel" of using starvation and hunger as a "war arm".
