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Hospitals in Gaza have reported the killing of more than a dozen people, half of them food-seekers, by Israeli fire on Saturday as Palestinians endured severe risks in their search for food amid airdrops and restrictions on overland aid delivery

UN agency warns of grave risk of famine as the number of starvation deaths hits 162 Palestinians, including 92 children.

Despite mounting international concern over widespread hunger in Gaza, no official famine has been declared in the territory – highlighting the complexities of determining a country's famine status.

Prominent groups, including traditional defenders of Israel, urge action on aid as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens

US officials have hailed the ‘incredible’ job of aid distributors in Gaza. But starving Palestinians call the trek for aid the ‘death journey’ – with the UN saying nearly 1,400 aid-seekers have been killed since May

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Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out

MSF official says Palestinians have no choice but to risk their lives in ‘desperate search for food’.

In some tents and shelters in northern Gaza, emaciated children are held in their parents' arms. Their tiny arms and legs dangle limp. Their shoulder blades and ribs stick out from skeletal bodies slowly consuming themselves for lack of food.

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