When Israel launched its controversial US-backed aid plan for Gaza, it aimed to stop Hamas’s alleged profiteering from the seizure and sale of humanitarian supplies.

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached a critical point as starvation claims the lives of many, including children. With food and baby formula supplies critically low, the death toll is rising. Despite Israel's claims of facilitating aid,

A six-week-old infant and three other children have died of starvation in Gaza in the past 24 hours, local health officials said, with malnutrition and starvation now killing Palestinians faster than at any point in the 21-month war.