A devastated Palestinian mother has been crying over her 12-year-old daughter Rahaf’s health as it deteriorates every passing day due to Israel blocking the entry of vital aid into the Gaza Strip.
Shorouq Ayyad’s daughter Rahaf suffers from malnutrition as a result of Israeli blockade that left million without food for over 60 days.
"I can't bear to see as my daughter is dying before my eyes, or any Palestinian child dying before his parents' eyes and they can't do anything for him," says Shorouq.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has warned that the humanitarian response in Gaza is on the "verge of total collapse" two months after Israel blocked all aid deliveries to the strip.
Shuruq Ayyad showed off the protruding ribs of her Rahaf at a school-turned-shelter in Al-Rimal in central Gaza City.
Amnesty International accused Israel on April 29, of committing a "live-streamed genocide" against Palestinians by forcibly displacing Gazans and creating a humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged territory, claims Israel dismissed as "blatant lies."
Rahaf, who spoke to the reporter, shows off an old healthy picture of her at her residence in Gaza before the war.
Humanitarians described horrific scenes of starving, bloodied children and fights over water in Gaza, two months into Israel's full blockade on aid, with dire warnings that aid operations are on the brink of total collapse.
The Norwegian Refugee Council's humanitarian access manager in Gaza, Gavin Kelleher, said "thousands of people will die" if nothing is done, as other aid agencies called for urgent international action.
"The humanitarian response in Gaza is on the verge of total collapse," the International Committee of the Red Cross warned.
"Without immediate action, Gaza will descend further into chaos that humanitarian efforts will not be able to mitigate."
Israel strictly controls all inflows of international aid vital for the 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
It halted aid deliveries to Gaza on March 2, days before the collapse of a ceasefire that had significantly reduced hostilities after 15 months of war.
Since the start of the blockade, the United Nations has repeatedly warned of the humanitarian catastrophe on the ground, with famine again looming.
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said last week that it had sent out its "last remaining food stocks" to kitchens, and the 25 bakeries it supports in Gaza have closed due to a lack of flour and fuel.