Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine,” UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel and 70 days since deliveries stopped of all aid and commercial supplies.

One in five people in the Gaza Strip are facing starvation as the entire territory edges closer to famine, a new United Nations-backed report warns, after nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of critically needed humanitarian aid.

Roughly 500,000 Palestinians are experiencing “catastrophic” hunger levels, the latest food insecurity report finds.

A new report indicates Gaza faces a critical famine risk, with the entire population experiencing acute food insecurity due to an ongoing aid blockade. Approximately 22% of residents are in a humanitarian catastrophe,

Famine is imminent in Gaza, with half a million people at risk of starvation unless Israel lifts its siege, according to a grim new report released on Monday by a global hunger monitor, marking a major deterioration since its last report in October.

The entire population of Gaza faces a critical risk of famine, with half a million of them facing starvation, a global hunger monitor has said, calling this a major deterioration since its last report in October.

Mercy Corps’ Kate Phillips-Barrasso discusses the report, which found that Gaza's 2.1 million residents will face a "crisis" level of food insecurity, or worse, from now through the end of September.

The WHO warns of an imminent famine in Gaza, with 2.1 million people facing starvation due to an ongoing aid blockade. Nearly half a million are in catastrophic hunger, making it the world’s worst current hunger crisis.