British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has condemned the famine in Gaza as a “moral outrage” and a “man-made catastrophe”, after it was declared by the United Nations, AFP reports.

“The confirmation of famine in Gaza City and the surrounding neighbourhood is utterly horrifying and is wholly preventable. The Israeli government’s refusal to allow sufficient aid into Gaza has caused this man-made catastrophe.This is a moral outrage,” Lammy said in a statement.

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