As Famine Closes in on Gaza, Aid is Being Held Up at Check Points (ForTheMedia)

Famine is imminent in the north of Gaza. Malnutrition among children is proceeding at record pace, and one of three children below the age of two is now acutely malnourished or “wasted”. Parents are not eating for days at time so that their children can. Some 70 percent of the population in the North is facing catastrophic hunger. The choice is clear: surge or starvation. We need Israel to allow more routes into Gaza, including from the north, and use of Ashdod port. We need humanitarian staff and supplies to move freely, and the people of Gaza to access assistance safely. As famine closes in, an Israeli land offensive in southern Gaza would make our task even harder. We need a humanitarian ceasefire.