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UN-backed monitor says ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ unfolding in Gaza, airdrops not enough
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Illustrative: People gather as a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft drops humanitarian aid on the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
The “worst-case scenario of famine” is “now unfolding” in Gaza, a UN-backed monitor warns, adding that airdropping food into the Palestinian territory is insufficient.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) says airdrops “will not be enough to reverse the humanitarian catastrophe,” adding that only “immediate, unimpeded” humanitarian access into Gaza can stop rapidly rising “starvation and death.”
The statement comes on the third day of Israel’s new aid policy, which includes “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting and airdropping aid. The policy was adopted amid mounting international criticism of the hunger crisis in Gaza.
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