Gaza famine crisis may be alleviated

Israel says it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid
into Gaza after almost three-months blockading trucks from
entering the territory of more than two million people

NUMBER OF AID
TRUCKS RECORDED
ENTERING GAZA

2024 2025

1,200
1,100
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0

Oct 21, 2023:
20

Feb 23,
2025:
1,000

May 16,
2025:
Zero

Mar 1, 2025:
Deliveries
stop

PROPORTION
OF POPULATION
FACING FAMINE (%)*

Crisis
Emergency
Famine

22
54
24

*May 2025

ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY SCALE

Crisis (Phase 3)
Food consumption gaps causing acute malnutrition,
or can meet minimum food needs by depleting essential assets

Emergency (Phase 4)
Large food consumption gaps causing very high acute malnutrition
and death, or can mitigate consumption gaps by selling assets

Catastrophe/famine (Phase 5)
Households have extreme lack of food leading to starvation, death,
destitution and extremely critical acute malnutrition

Sources: Bloomberg, AP, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)
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