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.

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.

The leading international authority on food crises says the "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza" and it predicts "widespread death" without immediate action.

Israel's prime minister is facing growing international pressure to end the war in Gaza that has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians. A leading food crisis group is now warning of widespread famine in Gaza as deaths from starvation rise.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.

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.

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.