From Reuters.

One million women and girls face mass starvation in Gaza, said Sofia Calltorp, the director of the Geneva office of UN Women.

Her statement comes as a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued on July 29 that famine is "playing out" in the Gaza Strip, as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian enclave.

War has raged in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas for the past 22 months. Facing global condemnation over the humanitarian crisis, Israel said on Sunday it would halt military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of the Palestinian enclave and allow new aid corridors.

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