The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.

A U.N.-backed group’s finding is the most dire assessment of the enclave’s deepening hunger crisis since the war began.

Humanitarian workers and food security experts told ABC News that an official declaration may not matter. There are no legal obligations from countries or international organizations when a famine is determined, and it is merely a sign that the food insecurity in an area is the worst it can be.