Since Israel’s offensive led to a security breakdown in Gaza that has made it nearly impossible to safely deliver food to starving Palestinians, much of the limited aid entering is being hoarded by gangs and merchants and sold at exorbitant prices.

Israel said Monday that more than 120 truckloads of food aid were distributed by the U.N. and aid agencies in the Gaza Strip, French news agency AFP reported. Both aid groups and people with family in Gaza described the situation as the worst it has ever been.

The president described the food crisis in the enclave as a “terrible situation,” and said the U.S. would set up food centers and fund the effort along with European nations.

At least 78 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip by Israeli strikes or gunfire, according to local health officials.

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President Donald Trump has announced plans to press Israel for more food aid to Gaza. Trump made the statement during a meeting Monday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Trump's Turnberry golf course in Scotland.

President Donald Trump is in Scotland, where he is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to refine a trade deal the two leaders signed last month. President Donald Trump is in Scotland, where he is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to refine a trade deal the two leaders signed last month.

"People are literally dying with the hunger; the hunger is killing them. Starvation is being used as a weapon," Dr. Bilal Piracha said.

Spokesperson for the UN Agency OCHA which coordinates humanitarian aid in Gaza, Olga Cherevko, told CNN’s Ben Hunte that she has ‘no words’ when she sees her friends in Gaza as they are in such a desperate state.

President Trump said the US and other nations are giving money and food to Gaza but that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “got to sort of like run it.”

On Monday, President Donald Trump urged Israel to get people living in Gaza food, adding that the U.S is also preparing to set up food centers in Gaza. Advocates from Little Rock Peace For Palestine have joined in the fight to end hunger.