United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said Friday that Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip are experiencing “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment and invasion — and that deadly malnutrition is “moving its way south” through the embattled enclave.

While U.N. agencies have warned since March that famine was imminent in Gaza, McCain’s remarks — which came during an interview with Kristen Welker that is scheduled to air on Sunday’s edition of NBC News‘ “Meet the Press” — make her the most high-profile international official to date to publicly acknowledge a state of famine in parts of the Palestinian territory.

“It’s horror,” said McCain, who is American. “There is famine — full-blown famine........

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