‘Having people for military purposes is a war crime,’ accuses the UN which declares famine to Gaza, the first in the Middle East

According to the IPC, this is the most serious deterioration of the situation since the start of his analyzes in the Gaza Strip.

For the IPC. Meanwhile, a famine is underway when three elements are united: at least 20% of households (one in five) must face an extreme lack of food, at least 30% of children under the age of five (one in three) suffer from acute malnutrition, and at least two people out of 10,000 die of hunger every day.

This situation is the result of climbing the conflict in recent months. Similarly, which has led to massive population trips combined with restricted access to food supplies caused by Israel.

At the beginning of March. Israel completely prohibited the entry of aid to Gaza, before authorizing the delivery of very limited quantities at the end of May, resulting in ‘having people military purposes war serious shortages of food, medication and fuel.

Israel. which controls all access to Gaza, accuses Hamas of looting aid, which it denies, and humanitarian organizations not to distribute them. But they claimed that Israel required excessive restrictions and deemed very dangerous to distribute aid in the middle of war.

The attack on October 7 led to the Israeli side the death of 1219 people. mostly civilians, according to an AFP count made from official data.

In response. Israel launched a major offensive which left at least 62,192 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, deemed reliable by the UN.