BCG 'paid over $1m' for Gaza maritime aid project

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was paid over $1m for advising a private US maritime aid initiative for Gaza that operated outside the traditional United Nations-led system, according to the Financial Times.

Dozens killed at aid site in Gaza, children dying of malnutrition

At least 79 Palestinians have been killed since Saturday dawn in Israeli attacks across Gaza, with dozens of children dying from malnutrition during Israel’s punishing months-long blockade, as ceasefire talks reportedly stall.

Foreseeable flaws in Gaza aid project led to shooting of Palestinians

GHF program has drawn huge crowds near Israeli troops, who opened fire multiple times

The repeated fatal shootings of Palestinians seeking food at distribution centers in Gaza since late May are an outcome of the aid project’s flawed design, which drew enormous crowds and brought them in proximity to Israeli troops, who opened fire on multiple occasions, according to experts in humanitarian aid programs, witness testimony and visual evidence.

Death toll from hunger among Gaza children rises to 66

Medical sources announced on Saturday that the number of children who have died due to hunger and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip has risen to 66, as Israel’s blockade, border closures, and food shortages continue to devastate the civilian population.

UN warns of surge in acute malnutrition among Gaza’s young children

More than 2,700 children below the age of five in Gaza have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition, marking a steep increase in the number of children suffering from the serious medical condition since screening in February, the United Nations reports, according to Al Jazeera.

‘Displacement, starvation, thirst’ plague Palestinians across Gaza

Amjad Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGO Network, says there has been “no major change” in the situation in Gaza after limited aid entered the enclave over the past days.

WHO chief says 2 million people are starving in Gaza

"Two million people are starving" in the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Monday, adding that 160,000 metric tonnes of food "is blocked at the border just minutes away".

Gaza faces starvation unless Israel allows ‘immediate’ aid, European leaders warn

Thousands of Gazans could starve to death “unless immediate action is taken,” the leaders of seven European nations warned Friday in an appeal to Israel, Politico reported.

Starvation and siege claim 14 elderly lives in Gaza within a week

Alongside the relentless toll of fatalities from continuous Israeli bombardment, a silent death is sweeping through Gaza’s elderly and children—largely unrecorded and undocumented, Euromedmonitor reported.

Gaza moves closer towards ‘very, very deep hunger’

Israel denies Gaza is facing a hunger crisis, instead accusing Hamas of exploiting aid and saying it must keep all supplies out to prevent fighters from getting them.

Gaza govt. decries Israel’s ‘use of starvation to achieve political goals'

Gaza’s Government Media Office has accused Israel and the US of “purposefully” worsening famine-like conditions in Gaza by “withholding humanitarian aid as a tool for political pressure”.