GAZA, August 29, 2025 (WAFA) – Five civilians on Friday starved to death due to the Israeli-made famine in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

They said that five civilians, including two children, died of starvation during the past 24 hours owing to Israel’s deliberate strategy of starvation that has pushed the Strip towards famine, bringing the total number of the victims of malnutrition and famine to 322, including 121 children.

They added that since famine was officially declared in Gaza by the Integrated Food Phase Classification (IPC) on August 22, 44 civilians, including six children, died from starvation.

The IPC released a report on the morning of Friday, August 22, revealing that famine was taking place in Gaza City and surrounding towns. It applied the classification to an area home to 514,000 displaced Palestinians - nearly quarter of Gaza's population.

"After 22 months of relentless conflict, over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions, characterised by starvation, destitution and death," the IPC said.

"Another 1.07 million people (54 percent) are in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), and 396,000 people (20 percent) are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3)."

It added that famine would expand to the areas of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, and Khan Younis to the south by the end of September based on current projections.

That would bring the number of people experiencing famine in Gaza to 641,000 people.

In that same timeframe, it projects that the number of people in the "emergency" phase four category would rise from 1.07m to 1.14m.

"The famine declared today in Gaza Governorate by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government," Volker Turk, the UN human rights chief said.

"It is a war crime to use starvation as a method of warfare, and the resulting deaths may also amount to the war crime of wilful killing."

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