{"id":16797,"date":"2025-05-01T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16797"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:49:39","slug":"gaza-on-the-brink-who-declares-catastrophic-hunger-crisis-as-91-face-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/01\/gaza-on-the-brink-who-declares-catastrophic-hunger-crisis-as-91-face-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza on the Brink: WHO Declares Catastrophic Hunger Crisis as 91% Face Food Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is \u201ccatastrophic,\u201d with two million people suffering from hunger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"941\">Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at WHO headquarters in Geneva that the organization is also facing historic funding challenges due to reduced contributions from donor countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1027\">\u201cWe are witnessing the greatest disruption in WHO funding in its history,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1099\"><strong data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1099\">Gaza Health Ministry: 91% Face Food Crisis Due to Israeli Blockade<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1355\">In Gaza, Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, Director-General of the Ministry of Health, announced Thursday that 91% of the population is experiencing a \u201cfood crisis\u201d as a result of the ongoing Israeli blockade and the complete closure of border crossings since March 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1576\">Al-Bursh stated, \u201cGaza is enduring a horrific humanitarian disaster, combining hunger, poverty, and disease, due to the ongoing genocide and suffocating Israeli siege through the closure of crossings and denial of aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1578\" data-end=\"1861\">He added, \u201cAbout 91% of the population is facing a severe food shortage,\u201d noting that 65% of residents lack access to clean drinking water and that around 92% of children and nursing mothers are suffering from acute malnutrition\u2014posing a direct threat to their lives and development.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15163\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7897777777.jpg\" alt=\"As the Israeli siege on Gaza enters its second month, bakery closures due to lack of flour and fuel deepen a growing hunger crisis.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7897777777.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7897777777-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7897777777-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaza Faces Worsening Hunger as Bakeries Shut Down Amid Israeli Blockade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"101\">Gaza Officials Urge UN to Declare Famine as Blockade Deepens Humanitarian Collapse<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1863\" data-end=\"2049\">Al-Bursh emphasized that \u201cGaza is experiencing a complete collapse across all sectors, as Israel uses starvation as a weapon of war in clear violation of international humanitarian law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2256\">He called on the United Nations to formally declare a state of famine in Gaza, asserting that \u201cfield indicators, medical data, and humanitarian evidence meet international criteria for such a declaration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2258\" data-end=\"2460\">He also urged the international community to take urgent action to support Gaza\u2019s health and food sectors and save the population from the ongoing catastrophe caused by continuous genocide and blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2462\" data-end=\"2597\">On Thursday, Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office announced that the territory has entered an \u201cadvanced stage of famine\u201d due to the blockade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7846\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7846 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-famine-in-Gaza-Strip-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"UN agencies and humanitarian organizations have issued urgent warnings about the deteriorating situation in Gaza\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-famine-in-Gaza-Strip-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-famine-in-Gaza-Strip-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-famine-in-Gaza-Strip-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-famine-in-Gaza-Strip-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-famine-in-Gaza-Strip-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-famine-in-Gaza-Strip.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A survey of 35 humanitarian organizations reveals Israel&#8217;s systematic obstruction of aid to Gaza since the ICJ ruling in 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2599\" data-end=\"2781\">Ismail Al-Thawabta, Director-General of the office, stated that \u201cthe Israeli occupation has imposed a suffocating siege and completely closed the crossings for more than two months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2783\" data-end=\"2998\">The initial phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel ended in early March 2025, after it began on January 19. Israel withdrew from the agreement and resumed its offensive on March 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3000\" data-end=\"3227\">Since March 2, Israel has shut Gaza\u2019s crossings, preventing the entry of food, aid, medical supplies, and goods, severely worsening the humanitarian situation, according to governmental, human rights, and international reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3229\" data-end=\"3387\">Gaza\u2019s 2.4 million residents now rely entirely on aid, after 19 months of ongoing genocide have left the majority in poverty, as confirmed by World Bank data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3389\" data-end=\"3679\">This humanitarian catastrophe unfolds amid the displacement of more than 90% of the population, many of whom have been displaced multiple times. People are now living in overcrowded shelters or out in the open without housing\u2014conditions that have led to the spread of disease and epidemics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3681\" data-end=\"3949\">With U.S. backing, Israel has been committing acts of genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, resulting in over 170,000 Palestinian casualties, including the majority being women and children, along with more than 11,000 missing and massive infrastructure destruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is \u201ccatastrophic,\u201d with two million people suffering from hunger. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at WHO headquarters in Geneva that the organization is also facing historic funding challenges due to reduced contributions from donor countries. \u201cWe are &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3903,986],"class_list":["post-16797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus","tag-the-world-health-organization"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gaza on the Brink: WHO Declares Catastrophic Hunger Crisis as 91% Face Food Insecurity - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"World Health Organization and Gaza&#039;s Health Ministry 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