More than 500,000 people in Gaza are starving, UN report warns

Palestinians line up for food in Rafah (Fatima Shbair/AP)

More than half a million people in Gaza are starving due to “woefully insufficient” quantities of food entering the territory since Israel’s military responded to Hamas’ October 7 attack, according to a report by the UN and other agencies.

The report highlighted the humanitarian crisis in Gaza after more than 10 weeks of relentless bombardment and fighting.