Aaron

So Gazans who we speak to have talked about street markets that have relatively little food to offer and whatever they do have is at unattainable prices. people scrounging whatever they can from canned food or surviving from basically communal soup kitchens. But even those have also increasingly struggled to keep up their operations as the stockpiles of food in Gaza have dwindled.

So a lot of people have lost a lot of weight. Doctors in the enclave say that it's starting to affect people's health. And my colleague, Erica Solomon, actually spoke to Dr. Ahmed El-Farra, a pediatrician in Gaza.

So a lot of people have lost a lot of weight. Doctors in the enclave say that it's starting to affect people's health. And my colleague, Erica Solomon, actually spoke to Dr. Ahmed El-Farra, a pediatrician in Gaza.

Some people are dying of diseases simply because they're so malnourished. When there's widespread hunger, it's not necessarily that people are going to die of starvation or wasting away, but that their body's immune system might simply become too weak to fight off diseases that they might otherwise be able to fend off.

Some people are dying of diseases simply because they're so malnourished. When there's widespread hunger, it's not necessarily that people are going to die of starvation or wasting away, but that their body's immune system might simply become too weak to fight off diseases that they might otherwise be able to fend off.

that his colleagues abroad are asking him to send photos. These are cases that they might have studied in theory, but they don't really see them these days out in the world with modern medicine and advanced health care.

that his colleagues abroad are asking him to send photos. These are cases that they might have studied in theory, but they don't really see them these days out in the world with modern medicine and advanced health care.

For the first several weeks, Israeli officials took a very clear stance. They said that more than enough supplies had entered Gaza during the ceasefire to provision Gaza for months, at least for a very, very long time, and that the blockade was not causing widespread suffering to ordinary Palestinian civilians living in Gaza.

For the first several weeks, Israeli officials took a very clear stance. They said that more than enough supplies had entered Gaza during the ceasefire to provision Gaza for months, at least for a very, very long time, and that the blockade was not causing widespread suffering to ordinary Palestinian civilians living in Gaza.

But as the blockade wore on, weeks and weeks later, some Israeli military officers privately began to change that assessment. My colleagues Natan Odenheimer and Renan Bergman reported that these officers had found that unless Israel changed its policy, and soon, that Palestinians in Gaza could face widespread starvation.

But as the blockade wore on, weeks and weeks later, some Israeli military officers privately began to change that assessment. My colleagues Natan Odenheimer and Renan Bergman reported that these officers had found that unless Israel changed its policy, and soon, that Palestinians in Gaza could face widespread starvation.

Finally, on Sunday evening, the Israeli government announced that in order to prevent starvation, they were going to allow some amount of food into the Gaza Strip. So we've started to see some aid trickle in over the past few days. But now everybody is watching and waiting to see what happens next.

Finally, on Sunday evening, the Israeli government announced that in order to prevent starvation, they were going to allow some amount of food into the Gaza Strip. So we've started to see some aid trickle in over the past few days. But now everybody is watching and waiting to see what happens next.

That is to say, is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actually going to follow through on the massive military operation in Gaza that Israeli leaders have been threatening for weeks?

That is to say, is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actually going to follow through on the massive military operation in Gaza that Israeli leaders have been threatening for weeks?

Well, it's not 100% clear, but what we know is that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders in his government have been threatening a massive military offensive against Hamas in Gaza for weeks now.

Well, it's not 100% clear, but what we know is that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders in his government have been threatening a massive military offensive against Hamas in Gaza for weeks now.

When Netanyahu gets up and describes his plans for Gaza to the Israeli public, he talks about full security control of the Gaza Strip after a massive ground maneuver of Israeli forces throughout the enclave. Netanyahu has said that this would be a decisive blow to Hamas and that this could finally end

When Netanyahu gets up and describes his plans for Gaza to the Israeli public, he talks about full security control of the Gaza Strip after a massive ground maneuver of Israeli forces throughout the enclave. Netanyahu has said that this would be a decisive blow to Hamas and that this could finally end

more than a year and a half in which Hamas has really fought a dogged war of attrition in the face of a devastating Israeli military campaign. This time, Netanyahu says, the Israeli military would seize control of large chunks of the Gaza Strip. They would basically capture them and stay there instead of going in and withdrawing as they often did during the war.