Famine stalking across Gaza, 500,000 face starvation: Analysis | Israel-Palestine conflict News

All 2.1 million people in the Gaza Strip at critical risk if Israeli blockade persists, says report.

Israel’s blockade threatens the entire population of the Gaza Strip with famine and faces 500,000 with starvation, a global hunger monitor has warned.

A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative, released on Monday, said the Gaza Strip “is still confronted with a critical risk of famine” after over a year and a half of devastating war, with the vast…