Fear of famine rises in Gaza

Children in the northern Gaza Strip are dying of malnutrition – a signal of mass starvation to come. The World Food Programme (WFP) is able to bring in only half the quantity of aid required


Gaza Strip
ISRAEL 
West Bank


Northern Gaza (percentage of population at risk, Jun-Sep)
25% 25% 50%

Erez: Opened by Israel May 1

ISRAEL
Mediterranean Sea
Gaza City

Gate 96: Opened Mar 12 – only drivers vetted by Israel allowed

Wadi Gaza
Deir al-Balah
Khan Younis
GAZA STRIP
Rafah

Rafah crossing: Closed since May 7 
Kerem Shalom: Main crossing point for food aid

EGYPT
5km 3 miles

Israeli military road 
Israeli checkpoint 
Crossing points 
Malnutrition
Acute food insecurity 
Risk of famine


Food aid: WFP needs to bring in 24,000 tonnes of food per month to feed 1.1 million people – half Gaza’s population

IPC: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warns that 96% of Gaza’s population
(2.15 million people) faces acute food insecurity. Over 495,000 people (22%) are enduring “catastrophic” conditions – starvation

Rafah crossing: Since Israel seized crossing with Egypt in May, aid trucks have fallen from average of 169 per day to fewer than 80 trucks 


Sources: CounterPunch, Financial Times. IPC, Reliefweb 
Picture: Getty Images 
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