The United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) last week said that famine conditions already affect roughly 514,000 people—about a quarter of Gaza’s population—and could spread to two-thirds of the enclave by the end of September. Israel has rejected the findings as “deeply flawed” and asked that the report be withdrawn. World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain, speaking from Jerusalem after visiting Gaza, said the agency is now moving about 100 food trucks a day into the territory, well below the 600 that entered daily during a recent cease-fire. She described the situation as at a “breaking point”, warning that the current flow is insufficient to halt widespread malnutrition and starvation. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres echoed the alarm, calling the deaths from hunger in Gaza “the result of deliberate decisions that defy basic humanity.” He urged an immediate and lasting cease-fire, the restoration of the WFP’s 200-point distribution network, and unrestricted humanitarian access, alongside the release of hostages. Humanitarian agencies say the enclave’s food system is on the verge of collapse despite a modest rise in aid deliveries. The IPC projects that famine could soon engulf central and southern districts such as Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis if access does not improve rapidly.