'In Gaza, every day, we question whether our patients, and those caring for them, will have anything to eat'

More than 100 humanitarian and human rights organizations warned Wednesday of a “mass famine” spreading across Gaza. In a joint statement, Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam said their “colleagues and those we help are wasting away.” Israel is under growing pressure as it continues to block humanitarian aid, forcing extreme shortages of food, water and medical care on 2 million Palestinians after 21 months of war.“Twenty-one children have died from malnutrition and hunger,” said Mohammed Abou Salmiya, director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on Tuesday.Since May, when the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) — a body backed by the United States and Israel — began coordinating much of the aid response, replacing the U.N.-led system, more than 1,000 Palestinians were shot dead while lining up to collect food, the...