With the level of humanitarian aid reaching Gaza residents perilously low and creating what one group last week called 'famine-like conditions' throughout the enclave, the United Nations' top official overseeing relief for Palestinians on Tuesday condemned Israel's latest reason for blocking a shipment: It included medical scissors for caring for children.
, said Israel's latest move to block relief from reaching starving Gaza residents should eliminate any doubt that the government is flouting the ICJ's order. The death toll from starvation in Gaza has now reached at least 25 people, mostly children. In what the International Rescue Committee called a 'conservative' estimate late last month, at least 1 in 4 households—more than half a million people—are now facing 'catastrophic or famine conditions.