Famine in Gaza

Food security levels in the Gaza Strip have reached their most dire levels since the conflict between Hamas and Israel began. Humanitarian experts say immediate action is needed to save hundreds of thousands of people from starvation.

Louise Wateridge, senior emergency officer for The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). She was based in the Gaza Strip but isn’t there now because her agency was denied entry into the area in January 2025.

Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation and research professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Author of “Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.”

Abeer Barakat, a Gaza City resident and lecturer in English at the University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza.

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