Famine spreads in Gaza as Israel ignores global condemnation and blocks critical aid deliveries to save starving Palestinians.

Israel’s starvation of Gaza: Desperate families survive on scraps as aid fails to meet rising demand

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Belgium has announced it will take part in a multi-country operation to airdrop aid to Gaza as starvation seizes the Palestinian enclave.

A Belgian plane carrying medical supplies and food worth about 600,000 euros ($690,000) will fly to Jordan “soon” and remain on standby to conduct further drops in coordination with Amman, the defence and foreign ministries said in a statement.