The people of Gaza are now in the grip of famine, UN-backed food security experts said on Tuesday, with unrelenting conflict, mass displacement and the near-total collapse of essential services pushing the war-battered enclave to a deadly tipping point.

Aid agencies say many Gazans are hungry and malnourished. Amal Nassar says her family is among them, and price gouging is making things worse.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu denied widespread reports of starvation in Gaza on Sunday and blamed Hamas for stealing aid. "What a bold-faced lie. There is no policy of starvations in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza,

Anthony Albanese has rubbished claims from the Israeli embassy on Monday that there was no starvation in Gaza.

World aid groups have criticized Israel for the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Israel has denied the accusations.

Akshay Singal, Citigroup’s London-based global head of short-term interest rate trading, authored the LinkedIn post on Thursday.

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ABC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell reports on Gaza’s latest situation, widespread famine, on “This Week.”