Almost half a million people in the Gaza Strip are suffering from “catastrophic levels of hunger,” the United Nations warned on Thursday. “Limited access & supplies has meant families often don’t receive the food assistance they need,” the UN said in a post on X. The UN World Food Programme remains on the ground, but needs reliable access and relief supplies, the post said. After more than nine months of war and severe destruction in the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian situation for the population is in severe crisis, according to aid organizations. An end is not yet in sight. Israel has been blo…