'Full-fledged famine' threat in Gaza continues to rise as aid declines, humanitarian groups warn
Before the war, roughly two-thirds of Gaza residents were reliant on food aid, according to the World Food Program.
Now, roughly 577,000 people in Gaza, or 26% of the population, are starving, according to Arif Husain, the chief economist for WFP.
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"If things continue as they are, or if things worsen, we are looking at a full-fledged famine within the next six months," he told ABC News.
Maryam al-Dahdough, a mother of four who is pregnant with another child, was one of the thousand people who line up daily at a soup kitchen in Rafah in southern Gaza.
She told ABC News that she has not eaten eggs, milk or anything healthy for three months and it's been worse for her other children.
"Fever, vomiting, diarrhea all day, not a single one of them is healthy," she said.
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