What is the famine, and why is Gaza considered the risk of reaching it soon? | Israeli conflict news

Half a million people in the Gaza Strip, or one in every five Palestinians face hunger.

The rest of the entire population suffers from high levels of acute food insecurity, according to a recent report issued by the United Nations Food Security Classification (IPC).

“The risk of starvation in the Gaza Strip is not only possible – it is increasingly possible,” says IPC.

For more than 73 days, Israel prevented all food, water and medicine from entering Gaza, and creating a human -made crisis, with the IPC warning that starvation can be announced at any time from now and September.

What is the famine and when is it accessed?

Famine is the worst level of hunger, as people face a severe food shortage, widespread malnutrition, and high levels of death due to hunger.

According to United Nations standards, famine is announced at:

• At least 20 percent (one -fifth) families face a significant food shortage
• More than 30 percent of children suffer from acute malnutrition
• At least two in every 10,000 people or four out of every 10,000 children die every day of hunger or hunger -related causes.

Father is not only about hunger. It is the worst humanitarian state, indicating a complete collapse of food, water and systems to survive.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), since the full blockade of Israel began on March 2, at least 57 children have died of the effects of malnutrition.

What does hunger do for the body?

Israel uses hunger as a war weapon. A a report This week, the World Doctors Du Monde stipulates that within only 18 months, acute malnutrition in Gaza has risen to levels similar to those in countries with long -term humanitarian crises that extend for several decades.

Hunger is when the human body is deprived of food for a long time that it suffers and often dies.

Estimates say that the body can last for up to three weeks without food, but all the time varies between individuals.

Hunger Three stages. The first starts early when a meal is skipped, and the second occurs with a long period of fasting as the body uses the stored fat fat.

The third stage, often fatal is when all stored fats are exhausted and the body turns into bones and muscles as energy sources.

Impact on children

Children are most vulnerable to the continued siege of Israel from the basic foodstuffs.

more than 9000 children The hospital has been accepted to treat acute malnutrition since the beginning of the year, according to the United Nations.

Nearly 71,000 children under the age of five and March 2026 will suffer nearly 71,000 children under the age of five, including 14,100 children facing malnutrition.

The effect of malnutrition on children, but the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, which includes pregnancy for up to two years, is very important to the child’s healthy development.

Malnutrition leads to the percentage of height to weight, stopping growth, and ultimately death.

Earlier this month, at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, Dr. Ahmed Abu Nasser He said The situation has become worse than ever due to the siege.

“Children are in their growing phase and they strongly need some nutrients, including proteins and fats,” the pediatrician told Al -Jazeera. “This is not available in the Gaza Strip, especially in the north.”

Pregnant women and breastfeeding women will also need to treat malnutrition, as 17,000 women face this danger.

Finding one meal has become an impossible endeavor.

All Gaza population, about 2.1 million people are still facing levels of lack of food that threatens their presence.

Earlier this month, Ahmed Al -Najjar, a displaced Palestinian in Gaza City, told Al -Jazeera, “The finding of one meal has become impossible.”

Despite large numbers of trucks carrying vital supplies accumulating on the border between Egypt and Gaza, the Palestinians in Gaza resorted to selling garbage to provide the prices of enlarged foodstuffs.

About 93 percent of Gaza population are at risk of food insecurity over the crisis levels referred to by IPC. If the situation does not change, IPC indicated that 2.1 million people:

• 470,000 people (22 percent of the population) will face catastrophic levels of food insecurity – the most severe stage, which indicates famine, which leads to hunger and death.
• More than a million (54 percent) will face emergency levels of food insecurity, which is the second most severe stage as there is a great risk of critical malnutrition.
• 500,000 people (24 percent) will face levels of food insecurity, which is the third IPC, as families deal with inconsistent food consumption to the point of resorting to severe measures to secure food.

In essence, in less than a month, the Gaza population can start.

There is no clothing of malnutrition and starvation in Gaza, with children with severe weight loss and infants. In children, severe protein deficiency leads to fluid retention and flatulence.

Where is Gaza more at risk?

Food insecurity through the Gaza tape strongly affects all areas of the pocket confined.

All 25 World Food Program (WFP) was closed at the beginning of April due to a lack of supplies, and reports indicate that food stocks for most 177 hot kitchens are exhausted.

Some conservatives suffer from more hunger levels. According to IPC:

• 30 percent of northern Gaza faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity, 60 % face emergency levels, while 10 percent face crisis levels.
• 25 percent of Rafah faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity, 60 percent face emergency levels and 15 percent face crisis levels.

The IPC says that the continuous blockade in Israel “is likely to lead to more mass displacement inside and crossing the ruler,” as the basic elements of the survival of people will be exhausted.