UN report: Hunger crisis in Gaza is most severe in history

GAZA, Sept. 07 (YPA) – A United Nations report has warned of the worsening global hunger crisis as millions of people around the world suffer from acute food insecurity, stressing that the food crisis in Gaza is the most severe in history.

The semi-annual report on food crises for the year 2024, which covers the period until the end of August 2024, stated that conflicts and climate changes have led to a sharp increase in the number of hungry people, especially in areas such as Sudan and the Gaza Strip.

The report stated that the number of people facing a catastrophic level of food insecurity has doubled from 705,000 people in five countries and territories in 2023 to 1.9 million in four countries or territories in 2024.

This is the highest number recorded by the World Report on Food Crises and is mostly due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip and Sudan, according to Máximo Torero, Chief Economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

It is noteworthy that the integrated classification of food security consists of five stages, and the “crisis” level, or acute food insecurity, is the third stage of the classification. The fourth stage is emergency, and the fifth stage is disaster or famine.

YPA