The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is occurring in Gaza City — home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians — and could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.

The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday it has determined that famine is occurring in Gaza City, and is likely to spread to other cities without a ceasefire or an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.

For now the famine is centred in the governorate of Gaza, one of five in the strip. It is the most densely populated and home to Gaza city. By the end of September, famine is expected to spread south to the governorates of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis (see maps).

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s defense minister warned Friday that Gaza’s largest city would be destroyed unless Hamas yields to Israel’s terms, as the world’s leading authority on food crises said the city was gripped by famine from fighting and blockade.

ABC News' Marcus Moore reports on one Palestinian man's desperate and dangerous journey for food to feed his family as the humanitarian crisis worsens.

Within scope of Türkiye-Palestine Humanitarian Aid Operation, 16 shipments have been carried out from Mersin Port to Egypt’s El Arish Port under AFAD’s coordination since Oct. 7, 2023

LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — After setting off from Cyprus, a ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for the Gaza Strip was approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to alleviate the worsening crisis as famine threatens the Palestinian territory.

Madrid rejected the claims as “false information,” adding that without a batch number the origin of the supplies could not be confirmed.The post Moldy food, claims of pork in Gaza