Famine is 'playing out' in Gaza, warns global hunger monitor

Facing global condemnation over the humanitarian crisis, Israel said on Sunday it would halt military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of the Palestinian enclave and allow new aid corridors.

The latest data indicated that famine thresholds have been reached for food consumption in most of the war-torn Palestinian enclave, where some 2.1 million people remain, and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City, the alert said. Picture: Getty

Famine is "playing out" in the Gaza Strip, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued on Tuesday as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian enclave.

"The worst-case scenario of Famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," said the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert.