The world’s leading hunger monitor, backed by the United Nations , declared a famine in Gaza for the first time since the war began, warning that half a million Palestinians were facing “catastrophic” conditions.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said that half a million Gaza residents are “facing catastrophic conditions characterized by starvation, destitution, and death,” 1.07 million are experiencing a food emergency, and the remaining 396,000 are in a food crisis, citing “reasonable evidence.” It warned that if conditions don’t change dramatically within a month, one-third of Gaza’s population could experience famine, with most of the remainder experiencing a food emergency.

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