New York, The United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Interim Classification (IPC) initiative has warned that the risk of famine is still very present throughout the Gaza Strip in light of the continued aggression against the Gaza Strip and the continued restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip.
The initiative explained in a report on Tuesday that more than 495,000 people, or about a quarter of Gazas population, face catastrophic levels of food insecurity, the most dangerous.
The initiative noted that the increase in food deliveries and food services to the northern Gaza Strip during March and April reduced the severity of hunger in the area where the initiative expected famine to occur.
It added that the Israeli attack in the vicinity of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip, since early May, and other hostilities and displacement, led to renewed deterioration over the past few weeks.
The toll of the Israeli occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip since last Oct. 7 has risen
to 37,658 martyrs and 86,237 wounded, the majority of whom were children and women, as thousands of victims were still under the rubble.
Source: Qatar News Agency
