Mahmoud Abbas urges Trump to allow UN agencies to deliver aid, calls mass displacement and starvation of Palestinians a ‘stain on humanity’ - Anadolu Ajansı

What exactly is going on inside the Gaza strip? Amid growing reports of children starving to death and fears of full-blown famine, the international community appears to be becoming more critical of Israel.

U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned for months that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one.

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After 21 months of devastating conflict with Israel, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians are facing what aid groups say is impending famine.

US mediators are heading home after Hamas allegedly showed a lackluster effort to reach a cease-fire deal with Israel on Thursday, President Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said.

More than 100 charity and human rights groups say Israel’s blockade and ongoing military offensive are pushing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip toward starvation. Israeli strikes meanwhile killed another 21 people overnight and into Wednesday, according to local health officials.

As hunger tightens its grip on Gaza, local journalists documenting the crisis are now starving alongside the people they cover.

A Gaza-based photographer captured a viral image revealing extreme hunger among children, highlighting the worsening humanitarian crisis. While famine hasn't been formally declared, UN agencies warn of mass starvation due to restricted aid,

The Trump administration said Thursday it was leaving Gaza ceasefire talks, blaming Hamas for failing to engage in good faith.  Steve Witkoff, now named President Trump’s special envoy for peace

At least 56 people have been killed and several others injured in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since early Thursday, medical sources told Anadolu. Israeli artillery shelled civilians waiting for aid delivery near the Zikim area, northern Gaza Strip, killing nine people and injuring dozens.