S6M-17540: Pauline McNeill: Increasing Risk of Famine in Palestine— That That the Parliament is deeply concerned by World Health Organization (WHO) warnings of the permanent impact of hunger on a generation of Gazans; understands from WHO reports that the risk of famine in Gaza is increasing daily, due to the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade by Israel; further understands that the blockade has kept the crossing closed for 70 days, and that this is impacting on the entire 2.1 million population, who are facing prolonged food shortages; understands from WHO reports that almost half a million people are in a catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death; notes the latest food security analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership, of which WHO is a member, and the reported belief that this is one of the world’s worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time; further notes the comments from WHO director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, that “we do not need to wait for a declaration of famine in Gaza to know that people are already starving, sick and dying, while food and medicines...