The leaders of Britain, France and Germany will hold an emergency call Friday about the growing hunger crisis in Gaza, after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will become the first major Western power to recognize a Palestinian state.

“The Jewish People face a grave moral crisis,” an open letter signed by hundreds of rabbis says.

Akshay Singal, Citigroup’s London-based global head of short-term interest rate trading, authored the LinkedIn post on Thursday.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Jehad Alshrafi is a 23-year-old freelance photojournalist working with The Associated Press since May 2024 in the Gaza Strip. He documents the humanitarian crisis and the impact of the Israel-Hamas war on Gaza.

Observers around the world have grown weary of the images of starving children and desperate people gunned down while trying to collect bags of flour or boxes of food.

The PM is facing growing calls to follow France's lead in recognising Palestine as a state. | ITV National News

As hunger tightens its grip on Gaza, local journalists documenting the crisis are now starving alongside the people they cover.