Famine is imminent, if not already happening in the besieged north.”This is the stark warning on Gaza that came from a U.N. agency on Tuesday.WATERIDGE: “The aid supplies have worsened. They have lessened.

There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned Friday.An alert issued by the four experts called the humanitarian situation throughout the war-torn Gaza Strip “extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating” and worst in the north.

Back-to-back UN reports have found famine is looming in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel continues an offensive which has killed mostly women and children in the locality.