The BBC has warned Israel that its journalists are facing starvation in Gaza.

In a joint statement with the world’s largest news agencies, the broadcaster called for “adequate food supplies” to be provided to people in the war-torn area.

It raised concerns about its journalists in Gaza, who they said are suffering the same conditions as the population they are reporting on for the BBC.

Foreign reporters are barred from entering the Gaza Strip, apart from a few short cases of being “embedded” with Israeli forces, and international news organisations rely on journalists based in the war-torn region.