Pakistan, July 24 -- The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has raised serious concerns over growing hunger in Gaza. On Wednesday, he warned that a large number of people in the region are starving due to food shortages and restricted aid. He called the situation "mass starvation" and stressed that it is a man-made crisis, not caused by natural factors but by ongoing conflict and blockades.

Despite a slight increase in aid since late May, Gaza's population of 2.1 million continues to face extreme shortages of food, water, and medicine. Tedros pointed out that food deliveries are still far below what is needed for people to survive. Several humanitarian organizations, including Oxfam and Medecins Sans...