Humanitarian aid agencies are warning that their staff inside Gaza are starving alongside the civilians they are trying to help

According to staff at the Shifa hospital, most of the victims were killed by gunfire as they waited for aid trucks close to the Zikim crossing with Israel.View on euronews

Holding Israel responsible, 115 aid groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza. as Israel blames Hamas for any food shortages.

Food markets are empty. Human waste is piling up. Illness is spreading. And people in Gaza are “collapsing on the streets from hunger and dehydration,” humanitarian organizations warn.

Amid warnings of “catastrophic” levels of starvation in Gaza – the UK, France and Germany have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the war and urging Israel to “immediately lift the restrictions on the flow of aid”. But Sir Keir Starmer said that recognising Palestinian statehood should be part of a wider ‘pathway’ to peace.

Gaza is facing a severe food crisis, with more than 100 humanitarian aid agencies warning that the population is on the brink of starvation.

Our correspondent in Gaza has been covering hunger for months. But this week the world seems to be paying attention in a new way – including media outlets worried about starvation of their staff.