There is no end to the suffering of the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, where they now face death every day.

In addition to the war and shortages of basic food items, the UN announced today that famine is expected between now and May in the northern Gaza Strip, where 300,000 people remain trapped by the conflict.

Across the Gaza Strip, the number of people facing a situation of “catastrophic hunger” has risen to 1.1 million – half the enclave’s population, according to the report by the Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) .

“Famine is predicted and imminent in northern Gaza and the Gaza Governorate and is expected to occur from mid-March 2024 until May 2024,” the text reads.

In the previous IPC report in December, the World Food Program and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) considered a famine “likely” until the end of May in northern Gaza. Now, they believe it will happen “sometime between now and May” if nothing is done to reverse the situation.

“Without changes in humanitarian access, famine is coming,” warned FAO Deputy Director-General Berth Bechtsdoll. “It is possible that it is already happening in the north, but we are not able to verify it” because there is no access to those areas, he added, speaking to AFP.

Earlier, the head of the relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini, said that the hunger in the Gaza Strip is “artificial”.

The crisis could be resolved and reversed if there is political will and Gaza could be “flooded” with food through the border crossings, Lazzarini told a news conference in Cairo alongside Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. .