Gaza is on the brink of famine as humanitarian aid to the enclave dwindles, with thousands of aid trucks stuck on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing.
According to Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA chief, the last aid truck that entered into northern Gaza was on the 23 January, with the World Food Programme (WFP) saying it had to halt deliveries to the north because of a break down in civil order.
UNICEF and the WFP have warned that 15.6 percent of children under two are acutely malnourished, with reports arising that children are beginning to die from hunger in the north.
In addition to the famine in Gaza, on Monday the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Mohammad Shtayyeh, handed in his resignation, saying the move would allow for a broad consensus among Palestinians about political arrangements following Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 29,782 Palestinians, with a further 70,043 wounded, according to Gaza’s health authorities.
