Hello, welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service coming to you live from London.
I'm Paul Henley.
The head of Gaza's biggest hospital says 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the past three days.
Gaza's population of more than 2 million people is facing severe shortages of food and other essentials.
with residents frequently killed
as they tried to collect humanitarian aid at a handful of official Israeli distribution points.
The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres,
called Gaza a horror show in a speech today with what he called a level of death and destruction without parallel in recent times.
But Israel's blockade and military offensive continues.
At dawn this morning,
an Israeli airstrike was reported to have hit the Shati refugee camp near Gaza City.
Killing at least 15, one young girl who was injured spoke to BBC Arabic's emergency radio.
We were asleep when a rocket suddenly struck our tent.
I woke up to find my sister covered in blood.
I realised she'd been killed.
My brother was also bleeding, wounded in his legs and back.
I tried to run, but another rocket hit nearby.
I collapsed, unable to walk.
Shrapnel had pierced my head, leg and hand.
There was no one to treat us.