UN agency warns of ‘looming famine’ in Gaza

Half a million people in Gaza face starvation and all 2.3 million experience acute food insecurity, aid agencies report.

Famine is stalking Gaza as aid agencies struggle to deliver food to the north of the enclave, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned.

Humanitarian aid has not reached people in northern Gaza for more than a month, Philippe Lazzarini said on Monday.

“The last time UNRWA was able to deliver food aid to northern Gaza was on January 23,”…