UN Confirms Famine in Gaza as Residents Describe Starvation
Residents of the Gaza Strip have shared harrowing accounts of how severe hunger and famine are destroying lives, after a UN-backed report officially confirmed famine in the territory for the first time. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) described the famine as “entirely man-made”, warning that more than 500,000 people face catastrophic levels of hunger characterised by starvation, destitution, and death. For Reem Tawfiq Khader, a 41-year-old mother of five from Gaza City, the announcement of famine came too late. “We haven’t eaten any protein for five months. My youngest child is four years old – he doesn’t know what fruit and vegetables look or taste like,” she told the BBC. Her words reflect the daily struggle of families who have been cut off from adequate food supplies for months. Another resident, Rajaa Talbeh, 47, a mother of six, […]
