At least 400,000 more Palestinians displaced as Gaza hunger crisis deepens: UN

The UN says at least 420,000 more Palestinians have been forced to flee since Israel resumed its war in Gaza in mid-March—this on top of the hundreds of thousands already uprooted before last week's brief pause.

Aid workers on the ground say there's nothing left to hand out. Acute malnutrition is rising fast, with the UN warning that in March alone, the number of children receiving extra food plummeted by over two-thirds.

Hospitals aren’t faring any better. The Israeli blockade is choking the supply of critical medicines, leaving countless patients in limbo.

Humanitarian access is also shrinking. Out of six UN-planned missions on Wednesday, Israel approved just two. One of the blocked operations was a vital fuel retrieval from Rafah.

Community kitchens are now pushing out over a million meals a day. But with 2.1 million Gazans depending almost entirely on aid, the UN says the situation is “barely manageable”.