Almost one in three people in Gaza are going days without eating, the UN's food aid programme has warned. "Malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treatment," the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement to news agency AFP.

Israel declared a "tactical pause" in fighting in parts of Gaza on Sunday and said it would allow the UN and aid agencies to open secure land routes to tackle

The Israeli military has said it will pause fighting in three parts of Gaza for 10 hours a day until further notice. This is to allow aid into the territory - where Palestinians are suffering from starvation - amid widespread criticism Israel is hindering access.

As starvation deepens across the Gaza Strip, international organizations and UN agencies are raising urgent alarms about an impending famine.

Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns

The UN says the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is very bad, getting worse fast. Amid air strikes, hunger, and mass displacement, Secretary-General António Guterres says what's happening is a moral stain on the entire world.