A global hunger monitor, IPC, officially declared on Friday that Gaza City and surrounding areas are suffering from famine, with conditions expected to spread. This assessment escalates pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian territory.

• 514,000 people across Gaza, nearly a quarter of the population, are experiencing famine, projected to rise to 641,000 by the end of September.
• The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system recorded this famine, marking the first time such a declaration has been made outside of Africa.
• U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres labeled it a "man-made disaster," while Israel dismissed the findings as false and biased, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it an "outright lie."