On Tuesday, UN-backed global food security experts warned the worst-case scenario of famine is "currently playing out" in Gaza.
Seven more people have died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry in the Palestinian territory has said.
It says the total number of malnutrition deaths since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in 2023 has now reached 154 - including 89 children.
On Tuesday, UN-backed global food security experts warned that the worst-case scenario of famine is "currently playing out" in Gaza.
Israel says it is not imposing restrictions on aid entering Gaza - those claims are not accepted by its close allies in Europe, the UN and other agencies active in Gaza.
Meanwhile, US special envoy Steve Witkoff will on Thursday travel to Israel to discuss the crisis.
The trip will mark Witkoff's first visit to Israel in nearly three months, and comes less than a week after both the US and Israel recalled their delegations from Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar.
Washington accused Hamas negotiators of not appearing to be "acting in good faith.".
In a separate development, Gaza hospital sources told the BBC six Palestinians were killed near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centre in the Rafah area in southern Gaza, on Wednesday morning.
The sources said crowds had attempted to enter the distribution centre shortly ahead of its opening and were attacked by an Israeli tank.
The GHF told the BBC no killings took place at or near its sites today.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) told the BBC a "gathering of suspects" it said posed a threat to its troops were told to move away, and subsequently the army fired "warning shots" at a distance of "hundreds of metres away" from the distribution centre.
The military also said "an initial review suggests that the number of casualties reported does not align with the information held by the IDF".
There have been almost daily deadly incidents reported near GHF aid sites, with Palestinians regularly accusing the Israeli military or security contractors of opening fire at them and killing aid seekers.
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