The worst case scenario of famine is playing out in the Gaza Strip, where food and nutrition indicators have reached their most dire levels since the conflict began.

One in 4 children and pregnant women are suffering from malnutrition,’ Middle East and North Africa communications chief for medical charity tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı

The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born. The body of 5-month-old Zainab Abu Halib arrived at a hospital in southern Gaza on Friday and her family buried her on Saturday.

There were 600 trucks a day entering Gaza, both humanitarian and commercial, and that was adequate to meet the basic needs in Gaza. That stopped on March 2 and since mid-May, it’s been a drip feed of humanitarian supplies, including flour, food, and other essential life-sustaining supplies.

The leading international authority on food crises says the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza," but it stopped short of a formal declaration of famine. Here's why.

The worst-case scenario of famine is playing out in the Gaza Strip, the leading international authority on food crisis said in an alert Tuesday as aid workers urge immediate action to avoid thousands of preventable deaths.

The Georgia Republican is the first in her caucus, which has generally rallied unconditionally around Israel, to use the word in reference to Gaza.

Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” the IPC said in their latest alert.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise Palestine before the UN General Assembly in September unless Israel ends the “appalling situation” in Gaza.In a move which has prompted widespread criticism from pro-Israelis and pro-Palestinians alike,