Gaza is slipping into famine, UN-backed experts warned Tuesday, as the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said the death toll in the nearly 22-month war had surpassed 60,000. The health ministry figure excludes deaths from hunger in the Palestinian territory gripped by dire humanitarian conditions made worse by Israel's total blockade of aid from March to May.

Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.

Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain at a high-level UN conference on Tuesday delivered a statement reaffirming Bangladesh’s commitment to self-determination and voicing urgent support for the Palestinian cause.

President Trump has signaled that Israel might have to take a new approach to its war with Hamas.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Senator Ishaq Dar, delivered a forceful address at the United Nations conference on the two-state solution for Palestine, condemning the ongoing atrocities in Gaza and reaffirming Pakistan's steadfast support for the Palestinian cause.

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and

Pressure has been put on Guernsey's chief minister to write to the UK government to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Twelve of 38 Guernsey deputies have written to Chief Minister Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez.

Israel last week attacked the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding 10 others, according to the parish priest.

ABC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell reports on Gaza’s latest situation, widespread famine, on “This Week.”