The international body responsible for monitoring world hunger will officially declare famine in Gaza City for the first time, it has been reported.
Since it was established in 2004, the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has been used to declare just four famines.
The globally recognised system for classifying the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition most recently declared a famine in Sudan last year.
The IPC has previously warned of imminent famine in parts of Gaza, but has stopped short of formally declaring it.
However, it will reportedly it will officially declare a famine in Gaza City, home to around 500,000 people, on Friday morning.
