For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one. Even though Israel eased a 2 1/2-month ...

On Aug. 22, 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the foremost authority on global food security confirmed a famine was ongoing in Gaza. The United Nations-backed group found ...

Famine is a severe, deadly hunger crisis—but it’s predictable, and preventable. Conflict, climate shocks like drought, rising food prices, and a lack of aid funding drive famine. Early action, cash ...

The "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting "widespread death" without ...

The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without ...

Famine declarations are relatively rare. But the leading international authority on hunger crises this week declared that regions of war-torn Sudan face catastrophic shortages of food, water and ...

The Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said Friday that famine was ...

Experts said that when a famine is declared, it is usually too late. For months, humanitarian aid organizations and international bodies have warned that Gaza is facing "critical" levels of hunger and ...

Two regions of war-torn Sudan are enduring a famine that is at risk of spreading to other areas of the sprawling northeastern African country, where paramilitary fighters have been battling the ...

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one. Even though Israel eased a 2 1/2-month ...