29-07-2025
Middle East: Famine 'playing out' in Gaza — monitor – DW – 07/29/2025
Food crisis experts have predicted "widespread death" if action is not taken to alleviate hunger in the Gaza Strip. Israel's foreign minister has rejected international pressure for a Gaza ceasefire. DW has more.
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hosting Jordan's King Abdullah II in Berlin on Tuesday for talks not only on bilateral ties but also on regional issues.
Their meeting comes as a survey shows that around three-quarters of German residents would like to see the federal government take a tougher stance towards Israel over its conflict against Hamas in Gaza.
You can read more over at our Germany blog.
The top international authority on food crises issued a new alert on the situation in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, warning that there could be "widespread death" by starvation if immediate action is not taken.
The "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," the Intergrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said.
The alert falls short of being a formal famine declaration but comes amid growing pressure on Israel to take measures to prevent the reported widespread starvation in the Palestinian enclave amidIsrael's offensive against the militant group Hamas.
The lack of external access to Gaza stands in the way of a formal famine declaration, which is rare.
However, according to the World Food Program, one in three people in Gaza is going without food for days at a time, while hospitals are reporting a surge in hunger-related deaths in children under five.
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We will be reporting here on events across the Middle East, with a particular focus on Gaza as international pressure grows on Israel over its offensive in the Palestinian enclave, where hundreds of thousands are at risk of death by starvation.
In Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss ways of bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
In this blog, DW will bring you up-to-date reports, correspondents' analyses and explainers on the situation in Gaza and beyond at a time of intense regional turmoil.
