Parts of Gaza are officially experiencing a “man-made” famine, according to a Friday report by a United Nations-backed initiative, which added that the situation is expected to worsen after months of relentless conflict.

More than half a million people in and around Gaza City are facing catastrophic conditions “characterized by starvation, destitution and death,” the IPC said.

Scores of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in recent days, including people sheltering in tents or looking for food. Palestinian media say many people were killed by Israeli strikes on a camp for displaced people in southern Gaza's Khan Younis.