In the Jabalia refugee camp, hungry Gazans hold out pots to receive soup during the holy month of Ramazan, Reuters reports.

As other Muslims around the world consume traditional Ramazan meals and desserts to break their fast after sunset, residents of the besieged strip are lucky to find a few scraps of food, or sips of water, after more than five months of Israeli bombardment in its conflict with Hamas.

The United Nations human rights chief said Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid for Gaza may amount to a starvation tactic that could be a “war crime”, after a UN-backed report found famine is likely by May without an end to the fighting.

Israel has denied blocking aid to Gaza.