While more aid has begun to trickle into Gaza, humanitarian agencies say it is not enough to prevent “a full-blown famine where the numbers of deaths go way, way up.”
Israel announced last Sunday it would pause military activity in some areas to allow more aid into Gaza following international outrage over widespread starvation and deaths from malnutrition caused by the Israeli military’s offensive and aid restrictions.
But humanitarian organizations say the amount of aid that has entered the enclave is not enough, and without more food, growing numbers of Palestinians will die from hunger.
NBC News takes a look at how much aid has entered Gaza in the week since Israel announced the new system, and how that stacks up to the needs of the population.
A tally of aid
Humanitarian aid is currently entering Gaza in three ways: airdrops, distribution by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and by the United Nations and other aid organizations using the newly formed “humanitarian corridors” the Israeli military put in place last week.
