T he United Kingdom, Germany and France are calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza and "unconditional release of all hostages," after the three countries held an emergency call to discuss the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis.

"The humanitarian catastrophe that we are witnessing in Gaza must end now," a joint statement from the three countries reads.

Israel announced it will allow Arab countries to resume the airdrops of food into Gaza, after such operations were suspended for months, according to multiple reports. The government decided to allow aid to be brought in through Jordan and Egypt and to deliver fuel for the United Nations’ critical facilities,

Ghada Al Najjar, programs manager for United Palestinian Appeal, describes how she is struggling to find food for her own son while on the ground working in Gaza.

As aid groups warn of "mass starvation" in Gaza, experts say malnutrition risks not only killing more children, but also damaging the development of those who survive, with potentially lifelong consequences.

Almost a third of people in Gaza are “not eating for days”, the United Nations food aid agency told AFP on Friday, saying the crisis has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation”. The Rome-based World Food Programme had previously warned of a “critical risk of famine” in war-raged Gaza,

More than 100 charity and human rights groups say Israel’s blockade and ongoing military offensive are pushing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip toward starvation. Israeli strikes meanwhile killed another 21 people overnight and into Wednesday,

At the same time, Israel continues to wage what it calls an “economic war”. The point is to replace the existing humanitarian supply networks of international organisations, which it claims were being controlled by Hamas,

Whatever its ultimate intention, according to analysts, Israel has pushed the people of Gaza to the breaking point. “Israeli policy has left Gaza uninhabitable,” said Derek Summerfield, a United Kingdom-based psychiatrist who has written on the effects of war and atrocity.