UN warns that famine will spread to Gaza's Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis very soon

The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, warned that famine in Gaza would spread to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September, as the "narrow window" of time is "closing fast.

"Death, destruction, starvation and displacement of Palestinian civilians are the result of choices that defy international law and ignore the international community," Fletcher said in a statement.

"We continue to insist that this horror can be stopped. Let humanitarian aid in - unimpeded and at the scale we can deliver," he said.