The IPC does not declare famine in Gaza but says there is "mounting evidence" of "widespread starvation...driving a rise in hunger-related deaths".

The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 36 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday, including a pregnant woman and her newborn, local health officials said. Israel meanwhile eased some aid restrictions as it came under mounting pressure over the spiraling hunger crisis in the war-ravaged territory.

Local health officials in Gaza say that at least 78 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes or gunfire across the territory

In greater numbers than ever, children hollowed up by hunger are overwhelming the Patient’s Friends Hospital, the main emergency center for malnourished kids in northern Gaza.

The Israeli military has announced a "tactical pause" in fighting in three areas of Gaza to address a worsening humanitarian situation.