[Correspondence] Paediatric malnutrition in Gaza amid conflict: an urgent health crisis

Since late 2023, Gaza has endured a protracted armed conflict with restricted humanitarian access, which has ultimately transformed its chronic food insecurity into an acute famine emergency. On Aug 15, 2025, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed famine in Gaza for the first time: 26% of the population were classified as being in famine (IPC Phase 5), 54% as being in emergency (IPC Phase 4), and 20% as being in crisis (IPC Phase 3), with conditions expected to deteriorate.