Gaza on brink of famine, as families survive on scraps

The UN and other aid agencies have said that families in Gaza are now surviving on scraps.

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says half of the displaced families in southern Gaza go entire days without eating anything.

Disease is also on the rise in Gaza, as a result of Israeli bombardment causing healthcare and water systems to collapse.

The World Health Organisation says that 180,000 people are suffering from respiratory infections. 

It has recorded 136,400 cases of diarrhoea and 55,400 cases of lice and scabies, among other ailments. Only about one-third of Gaza’s hospitals are even partly functional, and they are short of basic supplies; those in the south are operating at three times their intended capacity.