France on Friday started to air-drop 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza as it urged Israel to allow full access to the area which it said was slipping into famine. "Faced with the absolute urgency,

Many are dying from severe malnutrition, with Gazan health officials confirming dozens of related deaths. But, how did this hunger get so much worse in Gaza?

International airdrops of aid were continuing on Thursday, but many of the parcels were landing in areas that Palestinians have been told to evacuate.