Famine plays out in Gaza as children denied nourishing food supplements

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations.

A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the main global hunger monitor working with the U.N. and other aid…