The Voice News:As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis worsens, heartbreaking scenes emerge of children waiting in long lines for food. A verified video shows dozens of children sitting on the roadside with empty pots outside a community kitchen on Tuesday.
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), over two million people in Gaza face extreme hunger and risk of famine without urgent intervention.
One distressing video shows a child screaming in pain after being scalded by hot soup during a chaotic rush for food. Another clip reveals a child scraping flour off the ground, dirt and all, in desperation.
UNICEF issued a powerful statement:
“The children of Gaza need protection. They need food, water, and medicine. They need a ceasefire. But most of all, they need immediate, unified action to end this crisis.”
At Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, severely malnourished children like 5-year-old Osama al-Raqab and 2-year-old Maryam Abu Daqqa are receiving treatment—symbols of the growing health catastrophe.
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour, speaking emotionally at the U.N. Security Council, reported that since Israel ended the ceasefire in March, over 1,300 children have been killed and around 4,000 injured.
“Dozens of children are dying of starvation,” he said, visibly shaken. “We love our children. We don’t want to see them suffer through this horror.”
Despite some aid trucks beginning to re-enter Gaza last week, the situation remains dire. More than a dozen WFP trucks were looted in southern Gaza, a sign of deepening desperation.
“Hunger, fear, and anxiety are driving growing insecurity,” the WFP stated.
Israel’s blockade on aid, enforced since March 2, was intended to pressure Hamas into releasing remaining hostages. But the humanitarian fallout has been catastrophic. Aid groups, including the U.N., have criticized the new restricted system of aid distribution, which limits the number of operational bakeries and direct family aid.
“WFP cannot operate under a system that restricts access to food and basic services,” the agency warned.
Reports show one in five people in Gaza — around 500,000 — face starvation, including 71,000 children who urgently need treatment for acute malnutrition, according to the U.N.
Inside overcrowded clinics in Gaza City, parents wait with sick children as medical supplies dwindle.
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, an American physician who has volunteered in Gaza, described the conditions after the ceasefire ended as the worst of his career. He treated 221 trauma patients in one day.
Dr. Sidhwa condemned the current aid plan as a dangerous politicization of humanitarian relief:
“If this continues, there will be no Palestinian doctors left. No one to treat the wounded. We are watching an entire generation vanish — not from war alone, but from preventable hunger and disease.”