Aid entering Gaza is like 'a lifeboat after the ship has sunk', UN official says

The UN's envoy for the Middle East told the Security Council on Wednesday that Palestinians are sinking into an "abyss" with a "manmade" famine stalking the enclave.  

"Since the resumption of hostilities in Gaza, the already horrific existence of civilians has only sunk further into the abyss. This is manmade," Sigrid Kaag, the UN's special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told the Council.

"Death is their companion," she continued. "It's not life, it's not hope. The people of Gaza deserve more than survival. They deserve a future."

The aid that is now coming in "is comparable to a lifeboat after the ship has sunk", she said