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Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) periodic analyses and maps tracking food security conditions in Gaza during the War on Gaza, providing the internationally recognized technical determination of famine conditions. IPC analyses confirmed that the entire population of Gaza faced high levels of acute food insecurity, and that northern Gaza faced IPC warnings of imminent famine in early 2024, with famine formally confirmed in Gaza Governorate in August 2025. The IPC's technical classifications have been critical in establishing both the legal and political case that starvation is being used as a weapon of war in Gaza. The authoritative technical data source for researchers, policymakers, and advocates working on famine in Gaza. The IPC's classifications represent the internationally recognized standard for determining famine conditions and are essential for anyone engaging with the legal or political dimensions of starvation as a weapon of war.
