Israel has systematically obstructed food entering Gaza, aid agencies say, as a UN-backed body confirms a famine.

Both the Foreign Ministry and COGAT issued statements condemning the United Nations' IPC reports of famine in Gaza, claiming it "changed its own global standard."

A famine has officially been confirmed in Gaza City and the surrounding neighbourhoods by a UN-backed, globally recognised system for classifying food insecurity and malnutrition. The UK is among the nations criticising Israel for the crisis.