Famine officially declared in Gaza for first time by UN-backed group

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1. ***The Telegraph reports:***

   Famine has been declared in Gaza City for the first time by the international body responsible for monitoring world hunger.

   The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) – a globally recognised system for classifying the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition – described the famine in Gaza as “entirely man-made”.

   The organisation had previously warned that famine is imminent in parts of Gaza, but had stopped short of making a formal declaration, citing a lack of hard data.

   However, it formally confirmed that famine was taking place in Gaza City, the last remaining major built-up area of the enclave and home to some 500,000 people, on Friday morning. 

   The declaration, first reported by The Telegraph on Thursday, has marked the fifth time famine has been declared since it was established in 2004, most recently in Sudan last year.

   Antionio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, called the famine a “man-made disaster” and added that there should be “no more excuses”.

   “This is not a mystery – it is a man-made disaster, a moral indictment and a failure of humanity itself,” he said on X.

   The confirmation has outraged the Israeli government, which has consistently denied that famine is taking place in Gaza and is currently moving in on Gaza City. It’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeated on Friday that there is no famine in Gaza.

   Israel said it “firmly rejects” the findings of the IPC report, “specifically the claim of famine in Gaza City”.

   **Read more**: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/21/un-backed-group-officially-declares-famine-gaza-first-time/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/21/un-backed-group-officially-declares-famine-gaza-first-time/)

2. Every time Israel is about to take over a Hamas stronghold, the usual suspects manufacture a new canard. It’s almost as if the UN is at war with Israel.

   They have now declared famine in an area of 17 square miles.

   This means that if you walk 15 minutes – you’re out of the famine zone.. which is totally absurd.

3. butbut that ad on YouTube showed some brown people smiling and eating food and told me that all reports of hunger and famine are a lie!

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