UN food agency chief says women and children are ‘starving’ in Gaza

A Palestinian girl waits at a community kitchen before donated food is distributed in Gaza City (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

The head of the UN food agency has said it was “very evident” during her visit to Gaza this week that there is not enough food in the Palestinian territory and that she spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the urgent need for more aid.

The world’s leading authority on food crises said last week that the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it was likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.