United Nations, May 13 (RHC)-- The world’s leading hunger monitor, known as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), says the entire population of Gaza is at imminent risk of famine.

Here’s what its report said:

About 1.95 million people, or 93 percent of Gaza’s population, are living with acute food shortages.

Among them are 244,000 people, or 12 percent of the population, who are experiencing the most severe, or “catastrophic”, food shortages.

IPC’s October analysis had said 133,000 people were in the “catastrophic” category, which refers to famine conditions or the fifth level of the monitor’s five-level scale.

About 470,000 people, or 22 percent of the population, are projected to fall into the catastrophic category by the end of September, with more than a million more at “emergency” levels, the fourth level on the IPC’s scale.

“From 11 May to the end of September 2025, the whole territory is classified in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), with the entire population expected to face Crisis or worse acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above),” the report said.