That the UN does not get in enough food is due to Israel, according to Carl Skau, deputy head of the UN's food program (WFP):
There is a lack of political will to make the decisions required for us to have a more functioning UN-led relief effort, he says to Sveriges Radios Ekot.
Skau, who visited Gaza in July, describes the situation as "a hell".
Thousands of children who are driving around without parents. Children who are now starving to death. The situation is terrible – garbage and feces are flowing around. It is a very difficult situation in a way that we have not seen anywhere else, he says to Ekot.
To turn the situation around, a ceasefire is required, he believes. While waiting for that, the alternative is to get in higher volumes of food. Currently, around 80 trucks with food reach Gaza. Between 70 and 80 percent of the cargo is plundered by desperate civilians. For the food to be enough for everyone, around 600 trucks would be required.
That Israel also questions the existence of a famine in Gaza is "incredibly problematic" according to Carl Skau. The UN-supported IPC, which monitors food availability in the world, stated at the end of August that fully developed famine prevails in Gaza City and surrounding areas.
