The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said Gaza has teetered on the brink of famine for two years, but recent developments have “dramatically worsened” the situation, including “increasingly stringent blockades” by Israel.

Trump said the facilities would be open-access, with “no boundaries” and “no fences,” and framed the effort as a direct response to the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. “That’s real starvation stuff,” he said. “I see it, and you can’t fake that. So, we’re going to be even more involved.”

As the death toll from two years of war in Gaza nears 60,000, a growing number of people are dying from starvation and malnutrition, fuelling international criticism of Israel over sharply worsening conditions.

This is not a warning. This is a call to action. This is unlike anything we have seen in this century,' official says - Anadolu Ajansı

A United Nations report highlights rising food insecurity in Africa, with over 1 billion people unable to afford a healthy diet in 2024

The organization claimed that 90,000 people are suffering from malnutrition, and nine people have died from it within the past week. The UN's World Food Program claimed that "one in three people in the Gaza Strip has gone days without eating",

Global hunger fell in 2024 for a third year, but conflict and climate shocks deepened crises in Africa and Middle East.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will be forced to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3