Famine has been confirmed in Gaza City and the surrounding area for the first time, according to a report by the UN-backed food security body Integrated Food Security Phase Classifications (IPC).
Half a million people in the territory are facing "starvation, destitution and death," reports the IPC, which expects the crisis to get worse in the coming weeks.
Gazan parents say their children are wasting away, teachers report students are light headed - and everyone is talking about soaring food prices.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the report is an "outright lie", adding that Israel "has a policy of preventing starvation".
UN Secretary General António Guterres said the situation is "a failure of humanity itself" and called for unrestricted access to Gaza.
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