On 22 August 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) officially declared a famine in Gaza City. This is the first such designation in the Middle East. Currently, an estimated 514,000 people – nearly one quarter of Gaza’s population – are experiencing famine-level conditions. Projections indicate that this figure could rise to 640,000 by the end of September.

This confirmation of famine in Gaza brings shame on the entire world. Every day our team there sees more people starving to death and children turning into living skeletons before our eyes. Many more will die unless the world acts now.