Nearly 100 people killed in Israeli attack on Gaza - Hamas-run civil defence

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said Gaza's whole population – some 2.1 million people – is at critical risk of famine.

The Israeli government has insisted there is no shortage of food in Gaza and that the "real crisis is Hamas looting and selling aid".

Palestinians struggle to get their food rations outside a crowded distribution centre in Beit Lahia on 15 May

Getty Images People hold pots and cry out and jostle as they try to get food in Gaza — Palestinians struggle to get their food rations outside a crowded distribution centre in Beit Lahia on 15 May

Israel and the US have proposed allowing in and distributing aid through private companies - a plan rejected by the UN.

The deteriorating situation in Gaza has drawn concern from the US this week.

Boarding his flight home from the Middle East, Trump said the US needs to "help out the Palestinians" and acknowledges "a lot of people are starving".

On Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration was "troubled" by the humanitarian situation.

Israel launched a military campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group's cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 53,000 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

Fifty-eight hostages are still being held in Gaza, up to 23 of whom are believed to be alive.

Additional reporting by Alice Cuddy in Jerusalem

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