This is what a report from FEWS (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) suggests, which monitors food insecurity in the world.
This organization specializing in the field of prevention and response to famines and other forms of food security sounded the alarm at the beginning of the week in a report available on its website
Even if, according to her, all the signs are there, the American organization cannot be categorical, because it cannot access the interior of the Gaza Strip as it wishes.
This report is in line with that of the World Food Program (WFP) which made the same observation last April.
According to its criteria, there is famine when 20% of the population is hungry, at least 30% of children suffer from weight loss and when two adults or four children out of 10,000 die every day from hunger and its complications.
The problem today for the FEWS organization is to be able to confirm the number of deaths actually due to famine.
For Israel, there is no famine in Gaza
Israel has repeatedly denied that a famine is underway in Gaza and has rejected allegations that it has used hunger as a weapon in its war against Hamas.
If this fact were proven, it could be used as proof of genocide before the International Criminal Court as well as before the International Court of Justice.
The report also warns of insufficient efforts to increase aid to Gaza and urges the Israeli government to act urgently.
The successive operations of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip have sent its inhabitants onto the roads several times
Many of Gaza’s 2 million residents have been displaced since the war began last October. Additionally, the Health Ministry says 36,284 Palestinians have been killed so far.
While most residents are now concentrated in the south near Rafah, some have returned a little further north to Khan Younes, where basic infrastructure is lacking and residents struggle to obtain the minimum water they need to survive. survival.
What about the American ceasefire agreement?
This critical situation is unlikely to improve much before the summer, in fact, despite the pressure exerted by the United States on both the government of Benjamin Netanyahu and the allies of Hamas, to accept the latest proposal of ceasefire in three phases, negotiations drag on.
Another front soon?
And to make matters worse, this Wednesday, the Israeli Prime Minister declared that in addition to the Gaza Strip, Israel is “prepared for very intense action in the north of Israel”, on the Lebanese border, this time- this against Hezbollah.
“ Anyone who thinks that he can harm us and that we will stand by with folded hands has made a major mistake. ” he added.
