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2024 GAZA STRIP. Damaged agricultural land and infrastructure

24 June 2024, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – A view of farmer Yasin Hamad’s damaged greenhouses at his farm.
© FAO / Yousef Alrozzi. Editorial use only. Photo credit must be given. For further information contact: Photo-Library@fao.org

06/24/2024

Country or Territory Gaza Strip

File size 12.04 MB

Unique ID UF2XF6

Editorial use only. Photo credit must be given. For further information contact: Photo-Library@fao.org

Background Information More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today, and famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate to Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis Governorates in the coming weeks.
By the end of September, more than 640,000 people will face catastrophic food security conditions – classified as IPC Phase 5 – across the Gaza Strip. An additional 1.14 million people in the territory will be in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and a further 396,000 people in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) conditions. The situation in North Gaza is estimated to be as severe – or worse – than Gaza City. However, limited data prevented an IPC classification, highlighting the urgent need for access to assess and assist. Rafah was not analyzed given indications that it is largely depopulated. Famine must be stopped at all costs. An immediate ceasefire and end to the conflict is critical and to allow unimpeded, large-scale humanitarian response that can save lives. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNICEF, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have collectively and consistently highlighted the extreme urgency for an immediate and full-scale humanitarian response given the escalating deaths due to hunger, rapidly worsening levels of acute malnutrition and plummeting levels of food consumption as hundreds of thousands of people go days without anything to eat.