Gaza Famine UN Warning

Gaza's entire population of Palestinians is now at risk of famine. That's the warning from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Starvation is being fueled by the lack of food distribution across the Strip. The operation is being run mostly by private contractors for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is backed by the US and Israeli governments. The UN says it has 600 aid trucks ready to cross into Gaza but they are being blocked by Israel.

Olga Cherevko, the spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, joins Al Jazeera’s from the Jordanian capital Amman.