"A third of the population (in Gaza) is not eating for days," the World Food Programme, led by Cindy McCain, said in a statement on X.

Israel rolled back curbs on aid distribution to Gaza over the weekend in an effort to defuse a growing international outcry over the hunger crisis convulsing the shattered Palestinian enclave.

Tom Fletcher told the BBC he welcomed Israel's measures over the weekend to allow more aid into Gaza in the form of airdrops, and military pauses to allow food convoys to reach people.

Trump says Palestinians facing ‘real starvation’ as Israeli rights group calls out ‘genocide’ - Israeli forces kill at least 78 more people across besieged Palestinian territory on Monday, health offi