UN says it is in talks on aid deliveries in Gaza as WHO warns millions ‘starving’

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says it is in talks with Israeli authorities about how to resume aid deliveries into Gaza, following the announcement that Israel would permit the entry of assistance into Gaza by humanitarian organizations, most of which operate under the UN.

“We have been approached by Israeli authorities to resume limited aid delivery, and we are in discussions with them now on how this would take place given the conditions on the ground,” a statement reads.

The head of the World Health Organization, meanwhile, says his group and other UN agencies are ready to deliver aid into the Strip, warning that millions are “starving.”

“Two months into the latest blockade, two million people are starving,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says, while 160,000 metric tons of food “is blocked at the border just minutes away.”

“The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade,” he adds.