Gaza latest: ‘Worst-case famine scenario’ unfolding as Starmer calls emergency cabinet meeting
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will convene an emergency cabinet meeting later to discuss a peace plan and aid for Gaza, where experts warn a famine is unfolding.
A UN-backed food security body said recent developments, including Israel’s tightening blockades, have “dramatically worsened” conditions in Gaza, which has been on the brink of famine for two years.
The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out,” the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said.
It comes after Donald Trump acknowledged “real starvation” in Gaza and pledged to set up food centres without “fences”.
He dismissed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there was no starvation in Gaza and urged him to ensure aid reaches Palestinians.
Local officials confirmed at least 14 more Palestinians, including two children, had died from hunger and malnutrition, bring the toll from starvation to 147, including 88 children.
Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel have labelled the war on Gaza, which has killed over 60,000 people so far, as “genocide”.
