The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has escalated as aid attempts face significant obstacles. Airdropped aid intended for Gaza has mistakenly landed on Zikim beach in Israel and in the sea, preventing starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza from accessing desperately needed food and supplies. The World Health Organization reports children dying from hunger in northern Gaza, and the UN warns of a looming famine. International efforts, including a large airdrop operation by Jordan, the US, France, and Egypt, have been made to deliver aid, including 36,800 meals. However, Israel's blockade and obstruction of aid deliveries have been criticized for exacerbating the situation, with 21 deaths reported, including children. Humanitarian organizations argue that airdrops, while necessary, are insufficient and inefficient compared to the need for unimpeded aid delivery by land.
Over the past two days, the US, UAE, Jordan & Egypt have carried out food airdrops over the Gaza Strip. They are expected to continue doing so until sufficient aid quantities begin regularly making it into the coastal enclave, particularly the isolated & desperate north🙏🥫🫓✈️🪂
Moment US cargo plane airdrops humanitarian aid into Gaza https://t.co/YlULYwoOsW
Numerous trucks with humanitarian supplies are stopped by Israeli forces and activists, preventing them from getting into Northern Gaza. Meanwhile, desperate locals, including children, are suffering from famine https://t.co/czLX3CLzxp
Airdrops are being used as a last resort to reach people in northern Gaza facing catastrophic levels of hunger. Despite the extreme efforts underway, @WFP says land routes are the only way to deliver the large quantities of aid needed to avert famine. https://t.co/EWpBpL228R
Israel Blocks WFP Aid Delivery to Northern Gaza as Agency Attempts to Avert Famine https://t.co/mvMoOsSE0f
Children are dying from hunger in Gaza. Although food airdrops are taking place, safe delivery of aid by land must be permitted to guarantee the necessary volume of food to avert famine. Latest update from UN humanitarian official. https://t.co/2Yuix4uqRc https://t.co/KmgWbc1XLs
What we know about the hunger crisis in #Gaza that is causing children starving to death as #famine declaration looms. https://t.co/hArjj1Xf3y
20 starve to death in Gaza; dozens more ‘dying silently’: Health Ministry https://t.co/5AuWSXNBfc
BREAKING| Ahmad Wael Ahl (3 years old) has died from hunger in northern Gaza, bringing the death toll of Israel's starvation campaign to 21. https://t.co/wHHQUXbrCR
"Hunger has reached catastrophic levels" - Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, says after two-day visit to Gaza https://t.co/4t8Flny08L
🔊 Gaza teeters on the brink of famine. @michellenichols explains how to declare a famine, on Reuters World News daily podcast. https://t.co/cCIAU75GW5 https://t.co/crxozLuFDY
Israel Blocks World Food Programme Aid Delivery to Northern Gaza as Agency Attempts to Avert Famine https://t.co/mvMoOsSE0f
Children in #Gaza are now dying of starvation & 25% of Gazans are one step from famine. The #Gaza Strip has x7 crossings -- only one (#Rafah) is open & barely. Yesterday, #Israel blocked yet another @WFP aid convoy. An appalling & clear policy of aid denial. https://t.co/YpfA4Q5sWM
IDF prevents humanitarian aid from entering Gaza https://t.co/MoAgmtGp2M
“Death is better than this.” Shocking images of starving, emaciated children from inside Gaza are laying bare the desperation inside the strip, as @nadaabashir reports. https://t.co/pTjvp5dD4m
Humanitarian organizations say "Gaza has the highest proportion of people living w/ food deprivation...in the world. Before Oct 7..., acute malnutrition was largely nonexistent in Gaza. Since then, among children in northern Gaza it has increased to 15%." https://t.co/4ErSIOwepe
BREAKING| The Ministry of Health announces that the number of citizens, who have been starved to death by Israel, has risen to 20 after a 15-year-old boy and a 72-year-old elderly died due to malnutrition. https://t.co/JF6l1iabkF
Allow more aid into Gaza now to help youngsters facing famine, pleads @WHO, UN health agency, chief @DrTedros https://t.co/sj5IO1q8Ai
In northern Gaza, hospitals can't keep their youngest and most vulnerable patients alive. Fifteen children are among the first confirmed victims of hunger, Gaza's Health Ministry says. Some humanitarian groups say Israel could do more to get food in. https://t.co/NzfyST1RqX .
Gaza: @WFP airdrops are being used as a last resort to reach desperate people in the north facing catastrophic levels of hunger. But road routes are the only way to deliver the large quantities of aid needed to avert famine. https://t.co/BKhqkzqmdk https://t.co/4pldXM5xYb
The Ministry of Health announces that the number of citizens, who have been starved to death by Israel, has risen to 18. https://t.co/THEpvvsh67
Supplies allowed into the besieged #GazaStrip are not enough to feed an entire population; hunger is everywhere. Man-made famine looms. Babies dying of malnutrition. Unimpeded access across #GazaStrip is needed NOW. An immediate ceasefire continues to be a matter of life & death https://t.co/uC2PcPFnad
Humanitarian crisis in #Gaza in numbers: · Around 17,000 children have been orphaned. · One in six children under two are now acutely malnourished. · Nearly 31,000 #Palestinians have been killed. · Majority of the population in Gaza now at risk of famine. Read more:… https://t.co/LizgW2k6Em
PALESTINIAN SPOKESMAN SAYS AIRDROPS ARE A DEATH SENTENCE FOR PALESTINIANS “The airdrops are a humanitarian death sentence for our people, who run into Israeli positions to collect the aid dropped. Much of the humanitarian aid ends up in Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza, or… https://t.co/G8OVzcPt2k
Watch: Images released by the US military show what it says are airdrops of humanitarian assistance into Gaza in collaboration with Jordan. #US #Israel #Gaza #Jordan Read more: https://t.co/4kxlIy66Xk https://t.co/SKxyDTjTpf
🇫🇷 French President Macron shared in his X how France dropped aid into the Gaza Strip. https://t.co/MRg4AxCvAx
World Food Programme says northern Gaza aid convoy blocked. @CommonsIDC report has solutions @WFP https://t.co/mbdAaBzbkL https://t.co/vj5m65has4
French and US forces drop more aid into the Gaza Strip. https://t.co/lovpIxo8pW https://t.co/AKqfMH6WFS
Amid the collapse in the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the U.S. military, in coordination with the Royal Jordanian Air Force cooperate in efforts to conduct airdrops to provide emergency humanitarian assistance 📹— @Nicole_Zedek https://t.co/uaD8zVul0J
Starvation: "UN officials have called for the system for delivering aid to be overhauled, after saying for weeks that Israel was continuing to impose excessive delays at checkpoints, interfering w/ aid missions & outright denying access to northern Gaza." https://t.co/n7LUc7tW2z
⚡ France dumps a couple of pallets worth of aid over Gaza President Macron proudly posted the clip of packages being dropped to Palestinians on X, with the caption; “Solidarity at work.” https://t.co/CrnpzyD20D
Some of the food dropped from planes for Gaza ended up on Israeli territory. https://t.co/UaObdAiwyx
Watch: Images released by the US Central Command show what it says are airdrops of humanitarian assistance into Gaza. #US #Israel #Gaza Read more: https://t.co/4kxlIy66Xk https://t.co/0rBk7kGj9G
Breaking: The UN @WFP has announced the failure of its attempt to resume aid delivery to northern Gaza, which is on the brink of famine. The program stated that it sent a convoy of 14 trucks carrying food aid to northern Gaza, but the Israeli occupation army returned it after…
The United Nations has warned that widespread famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" without action. A formal conclusion that famine has arrived could come next week. https://t.co/E3IbFKmxkx
The U.S. Central Command and Royal Jordanian Armed Forces dropped more humanitarian aid into Gaza on Tuesday, video from CENTCOM shows. https://t.co/mZDRFkqxTF
Israel blocks WFP food deliveries to northern Gaza https://t.co/c4Q3Twh14N https://t.co/s1dfyN4lcq
Hunger crisis in Gaza: what to know https://t.co/cTmFoyIXvP https://t.co/MYz7B0QeqG
The #UN warns of an imminent famine in #Gaza, with formal declaration possible next week, but what is famine and who declares it? https://t.co/y0ijAtYRMv
The WFP reported that an aid convoy of 14 trucks was blocked by Israeli forces from entering northern Gaza, marking the UN agency's first attempt to deliver aid there since February 20. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/oOu9nfIgIB https://t.co/qHA1yqGSfG
Efforts by the UN World Food Programme, @WFP, to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern Gaza resumed on Tuesday but were largely unsuccessful https://t.co/VO21fx6dyM
The U.S. airdropped humanitarian aid over Gaza today for the second time. They released this video of the drop Via @TreyYingst https://t.co/2qRdiUAVg0
World Food Programme says northern Gaza aid convoy blocked https://t.co/RgYNr2NjMm
Gaza: After a 14-truck convoy was turned away on Tuesday, @WFP food for 20,000 people was air dropped into northern Gaza, with support from the Jordanian Air Force. With the threat of famine looming, road access to desperate people is essential. https://t.co/TfXprKtsOY https://t.co/KyDT7xSMpo
The latest U.S.-Jordanian air drop into the Gaza Strip Tuesday included 36,800 meals, according to the Pentagon. https://t.co/xOCyVleOKL
The #UN’s food agency says that its aid convoy has been turned away by Israeli forces at the #Gaza border, after which it was looted by “desperate people”. https://t.co/XCIC2ecvVs
⚠️ EXPLAINER-FAMINE LOOMS IN GAZA - HOW WILL THE WORLD KNOW IT HAS ARRIVED? Full Story → https://t.co/D9N3zrdnoV The United Nations has warned that widespread famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" without action. A formal conclusion that famine has arrived in the… https://t.co/tGjoDoczFJ
“Look at Yazan”: Palestinian Diplomat Decries Death of Palestinian Boy Who Starved to Death https://t.co/6KY691eAUf
“Israel has been intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza since 8 October. Now it is targeting civilians seeking humanitarian aid and humanitarian convoys. Israel must end its campaign of starvation and targeting of civilians.” -- UN experts. https://t.co/Ch7RAQeY4M https://t.co/C51bvoZE7q
Aid that ends up in the Mediterranean Sea, and not to the residents of the Gaza Strip... These heartbreaking images are linked to US aid to the people of Gaza. In the video you can see how humanitarian parcels are delivered by parachute to the residents of Gaza. It should be… https://t.co/XcLqMms5gv
UNRWA: 17,000 children in Gaza have become orphans, and children are slowly dying as the world watches.
Around 17,000 children in #Gaza are orphaned. 1 in 6 children under 2 yrs is acutely malnourished in the north. Babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze Children dying from bombs, even more now dying from consequences of siege. These horrific deaths entirely preventable. https://t.co/NG6z1CziG3
Jordan and the US have been dropping aid into the gaza Strip in recent days. Some aid officials have called this process "inefficient", but attempts to get supplies in on the ground have also met with problems and in some cases disasters ⬇️ https://t.co/6cyXjbOmBN https://t.co/HxALnUiLrR
Israel continues to impede relief supplies for Palestinians in Gaza. Due to this inhumane blockade, nearly 20 children and newborns have died of starvation. https://t.co/gpMIxn7G3o
The world just watched a ten-year-old Palestinian boy, Yazan al-Kafarneh, starve to death in Gaza. Others like him have already died of hunger, and many more will if Israel does not stop its brutal starvation of Gaza’s civilian population. https://t.co/gpMIxn78dQ
While there is a desperate need for humanitarian aid amidst the catastrophic crisis we are witnessing across the occupied Gaza Strip – air drops are not the solution. Air drops are wasteful, woefully insufficient and potentially dangerous. https://t.co/WrOiW7NyhE
While there is a desperate need for humanitarian aid amidst the catastrophic crisis we are witnessing across the occupied Gaza Strip – air drops are not the solution. Air drops are wasteful, inefficient, woefully insufficient and potentially dangerous. https://t.co/WrOiW7NyhE
The airdrops represent a wholly inadequate technical solution to the starvation in Gaza rather than the obvious political one -- forcing Israel to stop obstructing the delivery by truck of urgently needed food. https://t.co/hlGu9Qx7AN
🇪🇬🇵🇸🚨‼️ The aid drops provided by Egyptian planes. A good food collection for a family in Gaza. https://t.co/6lN0DUZ3ai
Unfortunately, numerous aid packages airdropped in northern Gaza ended up in the sea or inside territories controlled by Israeli forces, hindering hungry civilians from accessing them. https://t.co/SxOIQbbLG9
Jodan, the US, France, and Egypt airdropped aid into Gaza earlier today, the largest such operation to date.
⚡ 🇮🇱 The Israelis continue to block the humanitarian aid route to Gaza and starve the population. Israelis, including some family members of Israeli detainees in Gaza, continue to gather at the Nitzana Border Crossing to prevent humanitarian aid trucks from entering Gaza,… https://t.co/921ICghn6A
Israelis, including some family members of Israeli detainees in Gaza, continue to gather at Nitzana Border Crossing to prevent humanitarian aid trucks from entering Gaza, where at least 20 children have died from hunger so far. https://t.co/AWPveS8LAn
Watch: Aid is airdropped on northern #Gaza, as seen from #Israel, as an Israeli siege on Gaza sparks UN warnings of famine. https://t.co/6jrtnraXpZ
i24NEWS' correspondent @swiftjournalism reports the latest from southern Israel, where aid and supplies are being airdropped into the Gaza Strip https://t.co/s5GqYAYZpJ
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Palestinian children sick from malnutrition and a range of other diseases are arriving for care in unprecedented numbers at Al-Awda health center in Rafah, southern Gaza, according nurse Nurse Diaa Al-Shaer https://t.co/UKSHLLg5N1 https://t.co/buI8Gvw9qD
Airdropped aid, which was supposed to fall in Gaza, reached the Zikim beach in Israel. https://t.co/9GmQr7Om6c
The starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza are so desperate for food that convoys destined for northern Gaza are overrun and emptied before they get there by people in the center. The only solution is to stop Israel's obstruction and let aid in unimpeded. https://t.co/BpiP28qP3p
Children dying of hunger in northern Gaza, say WHO chief More: https://t.co/rGpgY2rF3T https://t.co/12oHF2HYOb
Airdropped aid, which was supposed to fall in Gaza, reached the Zikim beach. https://t.co/nUsCtEj5Df