The Israeli military is again advancing into Gaza and has blocked most aid, causing widespread hunger. A new but widely criticized system for getting in relief started operating last week.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began delivering aid this week after an 11-week embargo. Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on May 19 that Israel, "with our American friends," was creating a "system with distribution centers" that would be "secured by the IDF, preventing Hamas from reaching the area."

International nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says one of its vessels has left Sicily to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, after a previous attempt failed due to a drone attack on a different ship in the Mediterranean.

The situation in Gaza is the worst since the war between Israel and Hamas militants began 19-months ago, the United Nations said on Friday, despite a resumption of limited aid deliveries in the Palestinian enclave where famine looms.

JERUSALEM: The UN warned on Friday (May 30) that the entire population of Gaza was at risk of famine, as an Israeli far-right minister urged the use of "full force" against Hamas. Negotiations to end nearly 20 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough,

Irish actor Liam Cunningham has said the world "cannot stand by" and allow the ongoing war in Gaza to continue.

The trucks were stopped by hungry Palestinians as they entered into Gaza, the World Food Programme says. Follow the latest below and watch a special episode of The World with Yalda Hakim looking at the war in Gaza.