The White House has not commented on a report finding famine in Gaza. Analysts say that absent U.S. pressure, Israel is unlikely to change course.

"An entire population is being pushed into starvation, destitution, and death,” said Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister.

Both the Foreign Ministry and COGAT issued statements condemning the United Nations' IPC reports of famine in Gaza, claiming it "changed its own global standard."

Hamas calls for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and lifting of Israeli-imposed restrictions on the flow of aid into the Strip after the United Nations Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system officially declared a famine in parts of the territory.

ISRAEL has warned “the gates of hell will open” in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release all of the remaining hostages. The country angrily dismissed a report that officially declared a

Israeli strikes killed at least 33 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including people sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food, local hospitals said.

Former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness calls the Gaza famine a "sadistic obscenity" linked to Benjamin Netanyahu's name.

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