Humanitarian groups are sounding the alarm about increasingly catastrophic levels of hunger in the blockaded Gaza Strip, which has been on the brink of famine for weeks, as aid trucks struggle to pass Israeli-imposed border checks or travel amid heavy fighting.
“What we are witnessing in Gaza now is the mass killing of children in slow motion,” Alexandra Sayeh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy at Save the Children International, said in an interview broadcast on Al Jazeera English. “There is almost no food left, and nothing is reaching them. Children are going hungry while food trucks are literally standing a few miles away, waiting to come in. We know this is happening largely because of Israeli bombing and restrictions.
