Commissioner General of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, says it is time for the Israeli government to “stop denying the famine it has created in Gaza”, Al Jazeera reports.

“All of those who have influence must use it with determination and a sense of moral duty. Every hour counts,” Lazzarini wrote on X in response to a statement by UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher.