"Gaza's Looming Humanitarian Crisis: Hunger, Famine, and Rejection"

More than 500,000 people in Gaza are facing "catastrophic hunger" amid the Israel-Hamas war, with the UNRWA classifying 570,000 Gazans as having food insecurity equivalent to famine levels. Aid organizations are struggling to deliver food due to intense fighting and access denials, with the risk of famine still present. The WFP has found it difficult to get food into northern Gaza, and there are reports of people resorting to eating animal feed to survive. The situation is compounded by heavy bombing near hospitals, with the IDF's military operation expected to last several days.