Israel blocking vital aid as famine worsens, says Gaza media office

Gaza’s Government Media Office has said Israel is deliberately strangling aid flows into the besieged enclave, warning that famine conditions are deepening.

In a statement on Telegram, it said only 250 aid trucks had entered Gaza over the past three days, a fraction of the 1,800 expected, with many of them looted before reaching those in need.

The office said Israel’s restrictions have blocked “vital food items”, including eggs, red meat, fish, dairy, vegetables and nutritional supplements.

It added that it holds Israel and its backers “fully responsible for the humanitarian catastrophe” and called on “the United Nations, Arab and Islamic countries and the international community to take serious action to open the crossings and ensure the flow of aid, especially food, baby formula and life-saving medicines, and to hold the occupation accountable for its crimes against civilians”.