Israel restarts aid air drops into Gaza
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Israel's prime minister is facing growing international pressure to end the war in Gaza that has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians. A leading food crisis group is now warning of widespread famine in Gaza as deaths from starvation rise.
Millions of people in the world today face starvation in Gaza and in other parts of the world, from Sudan to Yemen. What happens to the body when food is lacking?
Aid agencies say many Gazans are hungry and malnourished. Amal Nassar says her family is among them, and price gouging is making things worse.
After Israeli restrictions on aid, hunger has risen across Gaza. Doctors and nurses, struggling to find food themselves, lack the resources to stem the surge.
Tom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief, said most of the UN's food lorries were looted by desperately hungry Palestinians after entering Gaza on Sunday [Reuters] There is "real starvation" in Gaza, Donald Trump has said,