The hunger confirmed in the city of Gaza is a “failure of humanity,” says UN Chief

The head of the United Nations has identified the hunger confirmed in the city of Gaza and the surrounding regions as the “failure of humanity”.

Antonio Zolotez said the situation was “human-created” after a forged body, which identifies the levels of hunger around the world, increased the status of nutritional insecurity in parts of the territory to the 5-highest and the most severe.

The classification of the Integrated Food Security Phase (IPC) says more than half a million people in Gaza face “catastrophic” conditions characterized by “hunger, disaster and death”.

The report was referred to as an “honest lie” by Israel, which denied hunger in territory.

The UN says Israel continues to limit the amount of help entering Gaza, which Israel also denies.

His refusals are in a direct contradiction with what More than 100 humanitarian groupsWitnesses on the spot, numerous UN authorities and several of Israel’s allies, including the United Kingdom, said.

IPC says that “immediate, large -scale response” is needed or there will be an “unacceptable escalation” at the death of hunger.

He predicts that between mid -August and late September, the hunger will expand through the strip to Deir Al Balah and Khan Eunice.

During this period, almost one -third of the population is expected – nearly 641,000 people to face “catastrophic conditions” in Phase 5 of the IPC, while the number of people facing “emergency” conditions in the IPC phase 4 is likely to increase to 1.14 million – or 58% of the population.

The report also designs that by June 2026, malnutrition will endanger the lives of 132,000 children under the age of five.

Since the beginning of the war, Hamas Health Ministry in Gaza has announced that 271 people have died of malnutrition – including 112 children.

Only four previous hunger has been classified by IPC since it was established in 2004, the latest in Sudan in 2024.

IPC cannot officially declare hunger – this is usually done by the governments or organization of the United Nations.

Reem Tawfiq Khader, 41 -year -old, mother of five from Gaza, said: “The starvation declaration has come too late, but it is still important.

“We haven’t ate any protein for five months. My least of my child is four years old – he doesn’t know what fruits and vegetables look or taste.”

The 29-year-old hudge sore said the weight of her five-year-old daughter Lamia had dropped from 19 kg (42 pounds) to 10.5 kg (23 pounds). She said Lamia was healthy before the war began and had no previous illnesses.

“All this happened only for the sake of hunger,” she said. “There’s just nothing to eat. There are no vegetables, no fruit.”

Lamia now suffers from swelling in her feet, thinning hair and nervous problems, she said.

In response to the report, the head of the UN Help Tom Fletcher said hunger was completely preventable, saying that food could not move to the Palestinian territory “due to a systematic obstacle from Israel.”

UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres said, “Just when there seems to be, there are no words left to describe the living hell in Gaza, a new one is added:” Hunger. “

He described it as “not a mystery”, but rather “man-created disaster, moral accusation and failure of humanity itself.”

He added that Israel has “unambiguous obligations under international law – including the obligation to provide food and medical supplies to the population.”

Philip Lazarini, head of the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA), said: “This is a starvation from the design and the creation of a man by the Israeli government.”

The head of the UN Human Rights Volker Turk described the hunger as “a direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government”, which “illegally restricted” the entry of assistance.

The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lamie said he described hunger as “moral outrage.”

“The Israeli government’s refusal to allow sufficient help in Gaza caused this human disaster,” he wrote to X.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement: “Israel has no policy of hunger, Israel has a policy to prevent hunger. Since the beginning of the war has made Israel an opportunity for 2 million tonnes of assistance to enter the Gaza Strip, over one ton of human assistance.”

In recent months, Israel has fallen under a widely international condemnation of the situation with the help of the Gaza Strip.

Last month, after weeks of increasing pressure, the Israeli military said she had humanitarian aid in Gaza – a move that was criticized at that time by agencies for help “Grotesque“.

Since then, other help drops have been carried out – but warnings have been issued for their safety, with reports that the civilians have been hit and killed by falling pallets.

Earlier this week, BBC check 10 separate cases When the aid was released in an area where Israeli military explicitly warned people not to enter.

In addition to Airdrops, Israel said it would designate the UN convoys for the UN. On Tuesday, however, he does not warn that “gazing” gazing is not enough to “prevent widespread hunger”.

Cogat, the Israeli military body responsible for the help, says approximately 300 trucks come in daily, but the UN says 600 supplies per day are needed.

The IPC report comes when Israel is preparing to launch a new military offensive aimed at occupying Gaza.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to an attack led by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were hostage.

Since then, at least 62 122 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the territory.

The greater part of the gas population has also been replaced repeatedly; More than 90% of homes are estimated to be damaged or destroyed; And health, water, sanitary and hygiene systems collapsed.