On August 22nd, 2025, the IPC finally declared a “likely” famine in part of Gaza. By the time the IPC declared famine in Gaza, the very worst was already over. A daily record of famine deaths is available thereafter. Still, the recorded starvation deaths mean that there was a famine, short-lived but nevertheless real. But the price data and the data on starvation deaths support the case for a famine.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2026 06:33 UTC