Gaza death toll hits 60,000
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A "worst-case scenario of famine" is playing out in Gaza as access to food plummets to unprecedented lows, according to the IPC global hunger authority.
Famine conditions in Gaza are worsening as time runs out to mount a full-scale humanitarian response, United Nations agencies warned, amid growing international outcry over the crisis.
President Trump spoke at a meeting in Scotland with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer about seeing images of starvation in Gaza amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's denial of the dire situation on Sunday.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said Gaza has teetered on the brink of famine for two years, but recent developments have “dramatically worsened” the situation, including “increasingly stringent blockades” by Israel.
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.
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.
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