'Spinning out of control': Aid worker urges more food be let into Gaza

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - A significant break between Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlights growing global outrage over starvation in Gaza due to Israel's blockade [2] - Famine-related deaths are rising, with over 63 Palestinians, including a five-month-old baby, reportedly dying from starvation this month [2] - The UN deems airdrops of food into Gaza as insufficient, calling it "a drop in the ocean," while aid groups urge Israel to remove the blockade and allow sufficient aid [3] - One in five children in Gaza City surveyed recently are acutely malnourished, a figure that has tripled in the past four weeks [6][7] - By the time famine is formally declared, it is often too late, as seen in the 2011 East Africa famine where 250,000 people had already died [7] Aid and Blockade - International humanitarian law calls for rapid and unimpeded delivery of aid, but tens of thousands of tons of food are waiting in neighboring countries, with aid organizations unable to bring it in [8][9] - Airdrops are the most ineffective and expensive route to deliver aid; opening land borders is the required solution [9] - The US government has debunked Israel's claim that Hamas is confiscating aid [12] - Politics is the primary obstacle preventing the opening of blockades and delivery of food to Gaza [13][14] - The Israeli government's decision to not open border crossings and instead allow airdrops is considered an inhumane distraction [13] Israeli Perspective - Some Israelis are protesting the blockade, holding pictures of starving children in Gaza [4] - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ahoud Olar decried the "cruel and criminal killing of civilians and the starvation of Gaza as a government policy" [4] - Two leading Israeli human rights groups are saying Israel's war in Gaza amounts to genocide [5]