The Qatar-based network has called on the world to take “decisive action to halt the forced starvation and crimes” against journalists and media workers in Gaza.

In a statement, Al Jazeera said its journalists on the ground have risked their lives and the safety of their families to report on the ongoing bombardment, and are now finding “themselves fighting for their own survival” as famine worsens.

“I haven’t stopped covering for a moment in 21 months, and today, I say it outright … and with indescribable pain. I am drowning in hunger, trembling in exhaustion, and resisting the fainting that follows me every moment,” said Anas al-Sharif, the network’s correspondent in Gaza City. “Gaza is dying. And we die with it.”

The network said the world must help put an end to the “unbearable suffering” that journalists in Gaza are enduring.

“The journalistic community and the world bear an immense responsibility; it is our duty to raise our voices and mobilise all available means to support our colleagues in this noble profession,” said Dr Mostefa Souag, director general of Al Jazeera Media Network.