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It has been around 80 days since Israel launched “pre-emptive” strikes on Gaza in March, effectively ending a fragile ceasefire with Hamas and resuming the conflict. Two months later, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government launched Operation Gideon’s Chariots,

Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.

Hunger has spread in Gaza, with UN agencies warning of impending famine without a drastic scaling up of aid entering the territory and being distributed across it. There have been multiple incidents of looting.

Israel launched its offensive in Gaza following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks, in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 taken hostage, marking a major escalation in a decadeslong conflict.

The ‘catastrophic’ aid situation comes as hopes for a 60-day ceasefire proposed by the US hangs in the balance

UN says Gaza is now the “hungriest place on Earth” as Israel restricts aid, putting all 2.3 million at famine risk. #GazaFamine #StarvingGaza

The United Nations (UN) has said that Gaza is now the "most hungry place in the world" with its entire population at risk of mass starvation.

JERUSALEM: The UN warned on Friday (May 30) that the entire population of Gaza was at risk of famine, as an Israeli far-right minister urged the use of "full force" against Hamas. Negotiations to end nearly 20 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough,