UN chief ‘alarmed’ by data showing nearly half-million people in Gaza facing ‘catastrophic hunger’ – Middle East Monitor

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “alarmed” by the latest data revealing a growing risk of famine across the Gaza Strip, with nearly a half-million people facing “catastrophic hunger” under Israel’s nine-week aid blockade, his spokesman said Monday, Anadolu reports.

“I can tell you that the secretary-general is indeed alarmed by the findings released today, that one in every five people in Gaza is facing starvation, while the entire population…