Since the United Nations declared famine in the coastal enclave on August 22, 61 people, including nine children, have died from this cause, the sources said, cited by the official Wafa news agency.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, which classifies the severity of food security situations using a scale, pointed out that more than half a million people in the Strip face catastrophic conditions.

Recently, the UN warned that the lives of Gazans are in danger after “almost two years of conflict, systematic displacement, and severe restrictions on humanitarian access, compounded by recurring disruptions and obstacles to access to food, water, medical assistance, support for agriculture, livestock, and fishing, and the collapse of health and sanitation systems.”

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, the number of households reporting severe hunger doubled across the country in July compared to May and more than tripled in Gaza City.

Thirty-nine percent of people reported going days without eating, and adults regularly skip meals to feed their children, it warned.

Childhood malnutrition in Gaza is accelerating at a catastrophic rate. In July alone, more than 12,000 children were identified as severely malnourished, the highest monthly figure ever recorded and six times higher than at the beginning of the year, it stressed.

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