Planes drop humanitarian aid over central Gaza Strip | AFP

Planes drop packages with humanitarian aid over the central Gaza Strip seen from the area of Al-Zawaida. The United Nations has officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first in the Middle East, with its experts saying 500,000 people were facing "catastrophic" hunger. The Israeli foreign ministry categorically rejected the findings of the UN-backed food security report, saying there was no famine in Gaza and that the findings were based on "Hamas lies".