“This unthinkable is not looming – it is already here. The escalation is underway.

“The collapse of essential services is leaving the youngest and most vulnerable fighting for survival. Only 44 of the 92 UNICEF-supported outpatient nutrition treatment centers in Gaza City are still functioning, depleting thousands of malnourished children of more than half of the lifelines they depend on to fight famine.

“Malnutrition and famine are weakening children’s bodies as displacement strips them of shelter and care, and bombardments threaten their every move. This is what famine in a war zone looks like and it was everywhere I looked in Gaza City.