Israel resumes airdrops into Gaza
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Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns
Israel said it resumed aid airdrops to Gaza on Saturday and was taking several other steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, amid mounting international pressure and warnings from relief agencies of starvation spreading there.
Designated humanitarian corridors will also be established to enable safe movement of UN aid convoys, the Israeli military says.
As starvation deepens across the Gaza Strip, international organizations and UN agencies are raising urgent alarms about an impending famine.
The UN's humanitarian agency warns only a "trickle" of aid is getting into Gaza - Israel says 800 trucks are inside Gaza waiting for collection.
Israel has given a tour of a large storage site within Gaza containing what it claims to be 1,000 lorries-worth of aid that the United Nations (UN) has failed to deliver.
Warnings of starvation in Gaza have intensified this week. Nine more people died of malnutrition on Friday, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry - bringing the total such deaths sinc
Humanitarian aid agencies are warning that their staff inside Gaza are starving alongside the civilians they are trying to help
Against the backdrop of ongoing warnings of a deadly hunger crisis, some aid has reached the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said on Thursday. The UN confirmed that its teams were able to collect mainly flour at two border crossings on Wednesday and bring it into the coastal strip,
It did not give any details about where the boat was intercepted. Meanwhile, the FFC said Handala's crew of 19 activists and two journalists from various countries - including Aus