In the face of global anger, Israel announces planned humanitarian pause in civilian centres to enable aid distribution.

Food markets are empty. Human waste is piling up. Illness is spreading. And people in Gaza are “collapsing on the streets from hunger and dehydration,” humanitarian organizations warn.

As starvation deepens across the Gaza Strip, international organizations and UN agencies are raising urgent alarms about an impending famine.

The Israeli military announced on Sunday a pause in military activity in three designated areas of Gaza, shortly after it said it was taking several steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave.