Ms. Greene is the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, two years after she led the push to censure a Democrat for speaking out against conditions there.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized the urgent need for increased aid to the Gaza Strip. He warned that Gaza is on the brink of famine, with critical shortages of food, water, medicine, and fuel.

Senators said the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, created in February with backing from the Trump administration, has “failed to address the deepening humanitarian crisis and contributed to an unacceptable and mounting civilian death toll around the organization’s sites.

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency cabinet on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza and a proposed peace plan as he comes under mounting pressure from his own party to recognise a Palestinian state.

"People are literally dying with the hunger; the hunger is killing them. Starvation is being used as a weapon," Dr. Bilal Piracha said.

The European Union's executive body recommended on Monday curbing Israeli access to its flagship research funding programme after calls from EU countries to increase pressure on Israel to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

President Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday where the two leaders focused on the humanitarian crisis and mass starvation occurring in Gaza Trump also said he would announce a truncated deadline on Russia to reach a ceasefire deal in its war with Ukraine as well as threatening to impose secondary

The university heads of Tel Aviv, Hebrew, Open University, Weizmann Institute, and Technion urged the IDF to intensify efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The presidents of five Israeli universities sent a letter toPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday,