Gaza’s Hunger Crisis, Explained

Everything we know—and don’t know—about what’s really happening on the ground.

Palestinians rush to reach parachuted aid packages as they land in central Gaza on Aug. 6. August 8, 2025, 4:59 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

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The humanitarian situation in Gaza has been dire throughout Israel’s 22-month war against Hamas, but the crisis has reached new heights in recent months amid ongoing Israeli restrictions on aid. The world’s leading global hunger monitor warned last week that the “worst-case scenario of famine” is playing out in Gaza, and the World Food Program (WFP) recently said that 1 in 3 people in the enclave are going multiple days in a row without anything to

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