UN agencies issued stark new warnings over the weekend that Gaza’s humanitarian emergency is sliding into famine. UNICEF spokesperson Kazem Abu Khalaf said about 112 children now face life-threatening malnutrition every day, noting a 180 percent surge in severe cases between February and June. The agency called on the international community to press for immediate, large-scale deliveries of food and medical supplies. Separately, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said one million women and girls are confronting “mass starvation, violence and abuse.” Gaza-based health officials reported another 11 hunger deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the toll from famine and malnutrition to 251, of whom 108 are children. UNRWA added that more than 83 percent of residents with disabilities have lost their assistive devices, further curtailing access to basic services. UNRWA blamed the worsening crisis on Israel’s tight restrictions on humanitarian shipments and on efforts to replace the UN-run aid network with what it called a “politically motivated” Gaza Foundation backed by Israeli and U.S. authorities. The agency said the alternative system “dehumanizes and brings chaos and death,” while aid convoys from major NGOs have been largely blocked since early March. Doctors and local clinics quoted by NHK described acute shortages of therapeutic food, with parents queueing to measure children’s mid-upper-arm circumference for signs of wasting. In the United Kingdom, 96 MPs urged the government to evacuate wounded and malnourished Gazan children “without delay,” warning that many could die before treatment becomes available. UN officials and health workers reiterated that only an immediate cease-fire and a full lifting of the blockade can avert a large-scale famine.