The United Nations says Gaza is at risk of famine if the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
A quarter of households – roughly 500,000 people – are facing « catastrophic conditions », a UN food security agency found.
It says the territory’s entire population of roughly 2.2m people is suffering acute food shortages.
« No-one in Gaza is safe from starvation, » said Cindy McCain from the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP).
« Humanitarian access is needed now for supplies to flow into and throughout Gaza, and for civilians to safely receive life-saving aid ».
The report was published on Thursday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN body that assesses food security in places affected by conflict or natural disaster.
It states that the « quantities of commodities, including food, allowed to enter the Gaza Strip are largely insufficient ».
On Friday, the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution aiming to bring more aid into Gaza, but which stops short of calling for an immediate truce.
Russia and the United States abstained on the vote, while the other 13 members of the council backed it.
The resolution said it aimed to introduce « extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip » and called for « the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages ».
The resolution also requests that a « senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator » is appointed, with the responsibility for monitoring aid entering into the region.
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More than 240 Israeli hostages were captured on 7 October when Hamas broke through the fortified perimeter with Israel, killing 1,200 people. A total of 110 hostages were released in the truce last month.
Earlier this week, Hamas said the number of people killed in Gaza in 10 weeks of fighting had passed 20,000.