At least eight people, among them two babies, have died in the Gaza Strip from hunger and malnutrition, medical sources said Saturday, as famine deepens after months of Israeli blockade on the entry of food and supplies.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) defines Famine as a situation in which at least one in five households has an extreme lack of food and face starvation and destitution, resulting in extremely critical levels of acute malnutrition and death.

Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian territory.

Famine has struck an area of Gaza and will likely spread over the next month, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday.

The United Nations says a drone attack on a U.N. convoy set fire to all 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region and destroyed all the vehicles