UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that “widespread famine looms” in Gaza in a report sent to members of the UNSC, Al Jazeera Arabic’s Rami Ayari has reported from the UN.

Iran PressAmerica: The report comes after the UNSC adopted a resolution calling for increased aid delivery to Gaza on December 22.

In the report, seen by Al Jazeera correspondent in New York, Rami Ayari, Guterres also warns of “a public health catastrophe” as “infectious diseases are spreading fast in overcrowded shelters” with “appalling” sanitary conditions and “sewage flooding”.

Gaza is experiencing “deliberate starvation, not famine”, Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, has said in a post on X

“We need an immediate ceasefire,” Mofokeng added.

Mofokeng, who serves as an independent UN human rights expert, made the comments in response to a report from the UN secretary general, warning that “widespread famine looms” in Gaza.

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