Famine is imminent, if not already happening in the besieged north.”This is the stark warning on Gaza that came from a U.N. agency on Tuesday.WATERIDGE: “The aid supplies have worsened. They have lessened.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issued a report Friday stating Northern Gaza’s citizens are threatened by an “imminent and substantial likelihood of extreme famine.” The organization defines famine as a situation where at least 20 percent of households in a given area have an extreme lack of food.

The warning focused on the north comes as the Biden administration has set a mid-November deadline for Israel to deliver more humanitarian supplies to the enclave or face a cutoff of weapons aid.