The situation in war-ravaged Gaza is so desperate that teenagers are now saying they hope to be killed to escape the "nightmare," James Elder, spokesperson for the UN's children's agency reports from Rafah. Speaking via videolink, Elder says "a child being told that little boy or girl is the last surviving member of their family...is no longer unique in Gaza" and warns that the territory is on the brink of a "man-made" famine. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES