Palestinians were killed in 24 hours while seeking aid, including 38 at a U.S.- and Israel-backed site. Despite Israel’s “tactical pauses,” over 1,370 aid-seekers have died. UN warns famine is worsening as aid remains limited and attacks near aid sites continue.

Desperation has gripped the Palestinian territory of more than two million, which experts warn faces ‘a worst-case scenario of famine’.

Israeli forces at the sites of a new US-backed aid distribution system in Gaza have routinely opened fire on starving Palestinian civilians in acts that amount to serious violations of international law and war crimes,