Warnings of famine in northern Gaza | BBC News

Doctors have told the BBC that malnutrition and severedehydration has affected dozens of Gazan's who havestruggled to receive food supplies.

At the beginning of June, the UN's children's agency,Unicef, reported that nine out of 10 children in Gazawere experiencing severe food poverty, surviving ontwo or fewer food groups per day.

It said that "months of hostilities and restrictions on humanitarian aid have collapsed the food and healthsystems, resulting in catastrophic consequences" andthat children were "at risk of life-threatening malnutrition".