The United Nations confirms famine in Gaza City. This marks the first official famine in the Middle East. The crisis may spread without a ceasefire and aid. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher says obstruction by Israel is the reason. Israel rejects the report, calling it false. The IPC uses strict criteria for famine classification. Post navigation The hidden superpower each zodiac has in a crisis ‘The House will consider’: Hemant Soren on Bharat Ratna call for Shibu Soren; JMM urges government to send proposal to Centre