‘Catastrophic levels of hunger’ in Gaza mean famine is imminent, says aid coalition

The entire population of the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million people, is facing ‘high levels of acute food insecurity’. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Famine is imminent in northern Gaza with people suffering “catastrophic levels of hunger”, a coalition of aid groups has warned.

The situation was called “man-made starvation”, as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a group that includes the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, said that 1.1 million people, half of Gaza’s population, faced famine.