International outcry over images of emaciated children and increasing reports of hunger-related deaths have pressured Israel to let more aid into the Gaza Strip.

The hunger crisis in Gaza has many asking if Israel had a deliberate policy of starving civilians. Israelis say that was never the case, but an ignorance of Palestinian suffering allowed an inconsistent government policy to lead to a calamity.

No food entered Gaza during March and April. In May, Israel declared that it was taking over aid distribution itself, through what’s called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Aid groups lamented that it reduced the number of food-distribution points from 400 to four and that, at about the same time, Israel launched a massive new offensive.

Experts say a "worst-case" famine scenario is unfolding across the Gaza Strip.That's according to a new report published this week by a U.N.-backed commission that tracks food security worldwide.The starvation in Gaza is reawakening global attention to hunger crises unfolding around the world.