"UN Aid Chief Warns of Rapidly Escalating Famine Crisis in Gaza"

The UN's emergency relief chief warns that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are starving in Gaza at an "incredible speed" due to the war, with aid trickling in slowly and critical supplies being denied by Israel. The dire humanitarian situation in the enclave could lead to "generational hatred," and UN agencies have issued a joint appeal for greater aid access to Gaza. The entire population of Gaza, including 350,000 children under 5, is facing high levels of acute food insecurity, with the highest share of people facing such conditions ever classified by the Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Phase Classification.