The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.

A “worst-case famine scenario” is unfolding in Gaza and urgent intervention is needed to prevent widespread death, a U.N.-backed international food security body has warned.The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) latest update,

Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” the IPC said in their latest alert.

The worst case scenario of famine is playing out in the Gaza Strip, where food and nutrition indicators have reached their most dire levels since the conflict began.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas.

As photos circulate online of the famine affecting the Gaza Strip, questions mount about possible misinformation making its way onto the internet. Tel Aviv Institute Senior Fellow Hen Mazzig joins Erielle Reshef to discuss possible circulation of misinformation and the landscape of the hunger situation unfolding in Gaza.

IDF sources confirmed to the Post that senior IDF officials were kept out of the meetings and were not consulted regarding any option, or plan of annexation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed partial annexation of the Gaza Strip as a potential course of action if hostage deal talks fail,