Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - The UN reports a hunger crisis in Gaza, with "two out of three famine thresholds" reached, including plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition [1] - One-third of the population in Gaza is reportedly not eating for days at a time [2] - The number of children who have died from malnutrition has surpassed 100 since the war started, and 300,000 children are at severe risk of acute malnutrition [2] Challenges in Assessing the Situation - The blocking of journalists and aid groups, along with the dissolution of Gaza's healthcare system, complicates the assessment of the situation on the ground [3] - International groups find it more complicated to trust published figures due to Gaza's health ministry being run by Hamas [3] Global Response and Severity of the Crisis - The language used to describe the severity of the crisis can impact the global response [1] - The situation in Gaza is described as extremely dire, even if it doesn't technically meet the criteria to be declared a famine [2] - The report aims to understand how the hunger crisis unfolded in Gaza despite months of warnings and what it would take to end it [4]
How Gaza descended into a hunger crisis #israel #war #shorts
Bloomberg Television·2025-08-21 06:00