In Gaza, the death toll is rising as the starvation and malnutrition crisis worsens. The UN’s aid chief warned the coming days will be “make or break” for humanitarian efforts as aid slowly trickles amid the Israel’s military daily pause in operations.

Israel says it is pausing military activities in parts of Gaza as aid is airdropped into the enclave amid a deepening humanitarian crisis.

With a new warning that the ‘worst-case scenario’ of famine is now unfolding in Gaza, The National examines why the food distribution system is failing, and speaks to a Canadian aid group with workers on the ground about what it’s seeing and what it needs.