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.

Israel rejected on Saturday a group of global food security experts' warning of famine in parts of northern Gaza where it is waging war against Palestinian militant group Hamas.