Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Its count doesn’t distinguish between fighters and civilians. The ministry operates under the Hamas government. The U.N. and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties.

"Hamas actively interferes with and disrupts aid distribution," Israeli Consul General Afir Okunis told Newsweek.

The hunger crisis in Gaza has many asking if Israel had a deliberate policy of starving civilians. Israelis say that was never the case, but an ignorance of Palestinian suffering allowed an inconsistent government policy to lead to a calamity.

The “worst-case scenario” is unfolding in Gaza. Though there are larger hunger crises in the world in terms of sheer numbers, Gaza is, in many ways, the most intense. By September, leading humanitarian groups predict,

The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.

Gaza’s population is facing the “worst-case scenario of famine” and “widespread death” will occur without immediate action, the leading international authority on food crises has warned

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Israel on Thursday to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, one source familiar with the move and one senior White House official

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Israel to assess the state of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip as reports of widespread starvation have invigorated demands for an immediate ceasefire.

President Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is heading to Israel on Thursday amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and stalled ceasefire talks between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.