GLOBAL news organisations including the BBC have issued a joint statement voicing concern for the safety of journalists in Gaza.
AFP, Reuters and and Associated Press have also signed the statement which urges Israeli authorities to allow reporters in and out of Gaza.
The statement released on social media said the outlets are "deeply alarmed" by the starvation threat facing journalists, with many unable to feed themselves and their families.
The statement says: "We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. For many months, these independent journalists have been the world's eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza. They are now facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering.
"Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzone. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them.
"We once again urge the Israeli authorities to allow journalists in and out Gaza. It is essential that adequate food supplies reach the people there."
The statement comes after a striking front page from the right-wing Daily Express newspaper was widely shared on social media.
The newspaper’s powerful splash featured an image of a starving one-year old child in Gaza accompanied by the headline “for pity’s sake stop this now”.
A sub-heading detailed how the child Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq was “clinging on to life” and how his suffering “shames us all”.
Many highlighted the move by the paper as a significant turning point in the media's coverage of the atrocities in Gaza.
It came after more than 100 aid organisations warned of “mass starvation” in the enclave with more than two million people facing shortages of food and other essentials after 21 months of brutal bombardment by Israel.
The UN has said at least 1054 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while seeking food since May 27, when a new aid method run by the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began.
The UN also said 766 people were killed "in the vicinity" of GHF sites and 288 others "near UN and other humanitarian organisations’ aid convoys" up until July 21.
The GHF uses private security contractors to distribute aid from sites in Israeli military zones.
