Atrocity Alert No. 448 des Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, 3.9.2025 (engl. Original)
On 22 August the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) officially declared famine in the Gaza Governorate, with projections that it will expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September. The declaration follows months of warnings from Palestinian organizations that famine had already reached an “advanced stage” in Gaza. In July alone, the World Health Organization recorded at least 63 malnutrition-related deaths, including 24 children under the age of five, after previously warning that Gaza’s population is “trapped in a dangerous cycle where malnutrition and disease fuel each other, turning everyday illness into a potential death sentence.”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described this first official famine declaration in the Middle East as a “man-made disaster, a moral indictment – and a failure of humanity itself,” condemning Israel’s “deliberate collapse of the systems needed for survival” in Gaza. With the long-term impacts of famine already setting in, Palestinians continue to face lethal risks while attempting to access food from militarized distribution hubs operated by the Israel- and United States-backed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.”
Meanwhile, Israel has begun mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists in preparation for a new military offensive in Gaza, including plans to seize control of Gaza City. Despite widespread condemnation of Israel’s plans to further entrench its illegal occupation, the absence of tangible international response measures has prompted growing pressure on states to act decisively. Following a mid-August visit to the Rafah border by members of The Elders, Mary Robinson stressed, “Governments that are not using all the tools at their disposal to halt the unfolding genocide in Gaza are increasingly complicit. Political leaders have the power and the legal obligation to apply measures to pressure the Israeli government to end its atrocity crimes.”
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