At the Naser Medical Facility in Khan Younis, Palestine, 27-year-old Adel Madhi died on July 31, 2025, due to severe hunger, malnutrition, and a lack of medication and treatment.In the Gaza Strip, the number of deaths due to starvation and malnutrition has reached 154 people, including 89 children and infants, since October 7, 2023. Israel has continued to block aid to the Gaza Strip enclave since March 2.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warned of the worst famine in Gaza on July 29. Most of the Gaza Strip has reached famine and acute malnutrition levels based on food consumption. Over 20,000 children were hospitalized for acute malnutrition between April and mid-July, with over 3,000 in severe malnutrition.In hospitals, malnutrition surged in early July, with a sharp increase in deaths of children under five from starvation, with at least 16 deaths reported since July 17. By the end of September, the entire population is expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity, with 469,500 people at high risk of being severely affected.
Over 100 humanitarian aid organizations have recently warned that Israel's continued blockade of aid supplies for over four months is causing widespread starvation across Gaza. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that Gaza City is the hardest-hit area in the Gaza Strip, with nearly one in five children under five suffering from acute malnutrition.The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of catastrophic hunger in Gaza. Gaza authorities say that over 650,000 children under the age of five out of the 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip face a severe risk of acute malnutrition in the coming weeks.Approximately 1.25 million people in Gaza are in a state of catastrophic hunger, with 96% of the population facing severe food shortages.
Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) are only providing aid limited to southern and central Gaza.Massacres have occurred at GHF aid sites carried out by mercenaries. Israel is obstructing aid to starving Palestinians, with only a few trucks delivering supplies. This situation evokes memories of the famines that occurred in Ethiopia and Nigeria's Biafra in the 20th century.
