"The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," an alert from a UN-backed food security body says
The IPC says "mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths"
It comes as UK PM Keir Starmer will hold an emergency cabinet meeting later on Gaza, as pressure mounts on him to immediately recognise Palestinian statehood
Aid agencies say this week is crucial if thousands of Gazans are to be saved from starvation - they warn Israel's measures to increase aid supplies aren't enough and call for all border crossings to reopen
Israel rejects accusations of being responsible for food shortages. On Sunday it announced a "local tactical pause" in three areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day, while foreign aid drops have also resumed
Israel does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, into Gaza to report freely on the situation there
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