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Conditions continue to worsen in Gaza as officials warn of famine

Humanitarian groups demanded a probe into an 'apparent mass killing' at an aid drop where Israel blamed a stampede.

Humanitarian groups say children are being starved in besieged Gaza.
Humanitarian groups say children are being starved in besieged Gaza. (AN/PRCS)

An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah could spell the end of the U.N.’s already cash-strapped and over-stressed humanitarian relief effort for Palestinians trapped in Gaza, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned.

More broadly the entire humanitarian aid system is Gaza is "on its knees," World Health Organization spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters on Friday while confirming that official hospital records show a 10th Palestinian child in Gaza had starved to death.

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