The UN has 6,000 trucks with aid ready to roll into Gaza as humanitarian crisis intensifies

The situation is so dire in Gaza that no aid should be refused, writes Dorcha Lee

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip. Picture: AP Photo

 The population of Gaza has fallen by 6% during the present war. Of the pre-war population (2.3m), approximately 100,000 managed to leave, over 58,000 are confirmed dead, and a further 11,000 are missing, presumed dead, in the rubble.

The Israeli ban on cooperating with Unwra (UN Relief and Works Agency) in Gaza, has, as predicted, greatly undermined the humanitarian operation to support the people of Gaza. The US-Israeli initiative to replace the UN-led aid distribution system, by setting up the GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation), has spectacularly failed.