Hunger confirmed in the city of Gaza is a “failure of humanity,” says the UN leader

The head of the United Nations described the famine, confirmed in the city of Gaza and its surrounding areas as the “failure of humanity.”

Antonio Guters said the situation was a “man-made disaster” after the body that determines the level of hunger worldwide, raised the status of food security in parts of the territory up to the 5th and the most difficult.

Integrated classification of the Food Security Phase (IPC) states that more than half a million people throughout the gas are faced with “catastrophic” conditions characterized by “hunger, abolition and death”.

The Israel’s report indicated an “open lie”, which denied that there was a famine in the territory.

The UN says Israel continues to restrict the amount of assistance in gas, which Israel also denies.

Its refusal in the immediate contradiction that More than 100 humanitarian groupsWitnesses on Earth, several UN bodies and several Israeli allies, including in the UK, said.

IPC claims that a “immediate, large -scale answer” is needed, or “unacceptable escalation” in death.

He predicts that between mid-August and the end of September, the hunger will expand through the strip to Daire al-Bala and Khan UNIS.

Almost 641,000 people are expected to face the “catastrophic conditions” at the 5 MPC stage during this period, while the number of people who face “extraordinary” conditions at the 4 MPC is likely to increase to 1.14 million – or 58% of the population.

The report also proclaimed that by June 2026 the malnutrition threatens the life of 132,000 children under the age of five.

Since the beginning of the war, the Ministry of Health Gaza reports that 271 people were killed from the malnutrition – including 112 children.

Only four previous hunger have been attributed to the IPC since its inception in 2004, the last in Sudan in 2024.

IPC cannot officially declare hunger – it is usually performed by governments or the United Nations.

Rem Tauphik Hader, 41, mother of five years from Gaza, said: “The Declaration of Hunger has come too late, but it is still important.

“We have not eaten any protein for five months. To my younger child four years – he does not know what the taste of fruits and vegetables look like.”

The 29-year-old Reid Hijier said her five-year-old daughter Lami had fallen from 19 kg (42 pounds) to 10.5 kg (23 pounds). She said Lami was healthy before the war and had no previous diseases.

“All this happened only from the hunger,” she said. “The baby just has nothing. Vegetables, no fruits.”

Now Lamia suffers from swelling in the legs, hair thinning and nerve problems, she said.

In response to the report, UN Head Tom Fletcher said the hunger was completely preventing, saying that food could not reach the Palestinian territory “from the systematic obstacle of Israel.”

UN Secretary -General Antonio Guteres said: “Only if there is no word to describe the living hell in Gaza, a new one was added:” Hunger. “

He called it “not a secret”, but rather “human disaster, moral accusation and the right of humanity.”

He added that Israel has “unambiguous commitments on international legislation – including the duty to ensure nutrition and medical means.”

Philip Latarini, UN Head of the UN Palestinian Refugees (ONT), said: “This is the starvation of the Israeli Design and the Human Government.”

UN Head of Human Rights Volker Turk called famine as a “direct result of the Israeli government’s actions”, which “illegally restricted” assistance.

British Foreign Minister David Lami said he described the famine as “moral outrage”.

“The refusal of the Israeli government will allow enough assistance to the gas caused this man-made disaster,” he wrote on X.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “There is no hunger policy in Israel, Israel pursues hunger prevention. Since the beginning of the war, Israel has allowed 2 million tons of assistance to enter the Gaza Strip, more than one tonne.”

In recent months, Israel has been subjected to broad international condemnation for the Gaza Strip.

Last month, after the pressure of the pressure, Israeli military stated that the gas was transferred to the humanitarian aid to gas is a step that is criticized at that time as “” “Grotesque distraction“

Other assistance drops have since occurred – but their safety has been warned, and reports that civilians were killed and killed by submitting pallets.

Earlier this week BBC Verify found 10 separate cases Where it was dumped into an area, which the Israeli military was clearly warned by people.

In addition to the airports, Israel said he would appoint humanitarian corridors for UN escorts. However, on Tuesday, the UN warned that the “stream of assistance”, which was included in the gas, was insufficient to “get widespread”.

Kogat, an Israeli military corps that is responsible for the help, says that approximately 300 trucks are coming daily, but the UN says 600 trucks per day.

The IPC report comes when Israel is preparing for the launch of a new military offensive for gas -sitting.

Israeli military personnel launched a campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s attack on Southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and took 251 people.

At least 62 122 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health on health issues.

Most of the gas population has also been moved several times; It is estimated that more than 90% of the houses were damaged or destroyed; And health care systems, water, sanitation and hygiene have fallen apart.