The entire agriculture sector of Gaza which was already under strain before the Israeli offensive “collapsed many weeks ago”, especially in the most damaged northern areas of the enclave.

That’s according to AbdelHakim ElWaer, Assistant Director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) speaking exclusively to UN News, who called for immediate international action to prevent starvation and malnutrition from spreading.

He told Khaled Mohamed that around 55 per cent of agricultural land was now totally unusable in the north, along with half of all greenhouses, while food production has also been hit in the occupied West Bank.