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Hello from CNN, I'm Afoma Dikay with the five things you need to know for Friday, December 22nd.

The hunger crisis in Gaza is deepening.

According to UNICEF, children in the Gaza Strip under five are at high risk of severe malnutrition and

preventable death. This follows a warning from a UN-backed food security

agency that the risk of famine is increasing every day that fighting continues or gets worse. of loaded with food enter the territory every day.

And he blames international humanitarian organizations

for not having enough capacity to distribute that food.

Those groups say Israel's bombardment and limited humanitarian windows

have made delivering aid dangerous and challenging.

Israel says it's preparing to expand its operations into new areas in Gaza with emphasis on the south.

Newly classified US intelligence suggests Iran has been, quote,

deeply involved in planning attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea.

That's according to National Security Council spokesperson Adrian Watson.

The Hootie rebels are backed by Iran and have launched more than 100 attacks against about

a dozen ships in over the past four weeks.

The Intel also suggests that Iranians have provided monitoring systems to the

hoo-ees that allows them to operate in the maritime space.

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