From acute food insecurity to famine: how the 2023/2024 war on Gaza has dramatically set back sustainable development goal 2 to end hunger

• DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1402150
• Publication Date: 2024-05-17T11:57:40Z
• Authors: Abdo Hassoun; Khawla Al-Muhannadi; Hussein F. Hassan; Ahmed Hamad; Khaoula Khwaldia; Mohamed Buheji; Ayoub Al Jawaldeh
• Keywords: Famine; Gaza strip

The widespread destruction and the devastating humanitarian toll caused by ongoing war on Gaza have transformed this besieged Strip into a place of death despair. This review will explore implications for food security, focusing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, which seeks to fight malnutrition insecurity achieve zero hunger 2030. work is based grey literature, such as reports from government non-governmental agencies, well recent scientific journal publications. Our results show that has exacerbated already acute Gazans been struggling with since blockade was imposed in 2007. Restless bombardment ground operations damaged or even razed agricultural land all production infrastructure (such bakeries, mills, processing facilities), destroying Gaza’s system. Facing catastrophic levels hunger, some families, especially northern recently resorting eating animal feed weeds survive. With starvation civilians being used method warfare, many experts human rights organizations argue now world’s worst crisis its population verge famine, if not there. Moreover, unprecedented could significant consequences global security six pillars, jeopardizing implementation SDG 2. While international are making efforts mitigate shortage more comprehensive sustainable solutions needed address root causes ensure residents access an adequate nutritious diet.