The first famine threshold—food consumption—has deteriorated rapidly since the last IPC assessment in May 2025.

The blockade caused a humanitarian crisis that triggered a global mobilization and opened a debate on the use of the concept ...

Israel says its aim is to eliminate Hamas after the militant group attacked the country on Oct. 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages. Thirty-eight children ...

Starvation is occurring in Gaza as food shortages caused by the Israel-Hamas war continue to worsen. Lives and hopes for peace will be lost if we don’t take action. The United Nations warns ...

Data released this week by the World Health Organization and UNICEF indicate modest gains in childhood vaccination rates, but globally, more than 14 million children remain unvaccinated.

The worst case scenario of famine is playing out in the Gaza Strip, where food and nutrition indicators have reached their ...

Gaza faces the grave risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the ...

The report warns that the recent authorization of aerial food drops by Israel "will not be enough to reverse the humanitarian ...

This year's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report also examines the causes and consequences of recent food inflation Addis Ababa -- An estimated 8.2 percent of the global ...

Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest ...

Children in Gaza are enduring catastrophic living conditions, including severe food insecurity and malnutrition. UNICEF is ...