The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.

The population in Gaza remains gravely undersupplied with the basic necessities of life,' says Antonio Guterres

The military wing is struggling to pay fighters, while the Gaza government Hamas has long run is cutting services and salaries for police and ministry employees.

CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond joined The Situation Room to discuss the rapidly worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, which led to the death of a four-year-old in central Gaza over the weekend.

Without immediate access to food and essential supplies, the situation will continue to deteriorate, causing more deaths, and descend into famine,' agency tells Anadolu

The only conclusion that one can come to is that Israel is doing this deliberately,” says analyst Alex de Waal.

A surgeon working in southern Gaza says babies are arriving at hospital so malnourished that “skin and bones doesn’t do it justice.” He also describes what appears to be a disturbing pattern in the gunshot wounds of children arriving from food distribution sites.

Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians near food distribution hubs in southern Gaza, witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say.

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip – At least 73 people were killed while attempting to access aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the health ministry in the Palestinian territory said.