Parts of Gaza are officially experiencing a “man-made” famine, according to a Friday report by a United Nations-backed initiative, which added that the situation is expected to worsen after months of relentless conflict.

The White House has not commented on a report finding famine in Gaza. Analysts say that absent U.S. pressure, Israel is unlikely to change course.

Israel has called the United Nations' declaration of famine in parts of Gaza an "outright lie," but multiple U.N. bodies, more than 100 humanitarian groups, and several of Israel's own allies have warned for months that the war and Israel's restrictions of food into Gaza are causing starvation among civilians.

Emine Erdoğan, the wife of the Turkish president, has appealed in a letter to Melania Trump to advocate for the children in the Gaza Strip. She expressed her confidence that the US First Lady would extend her compassion for the children killed in the Ukraine war to the thousands of children killed in the Gaza Strip,