UN aid body calls Gaza ‘hungriest place on Earth’

• Warns entire population in the enclave now at risk of famine
• Macron says abandoning Gaza ‘will kill’ West’s credibility

GENEVA: Gaza is “the hungriest place on Earth”, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that the Palestinian territory’s entire population was now at risk of famine.

Negotiations to end nearly 20 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March, ending a six-week truce.

“Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” said Jens Laerke...