Crowds scramble for aid and Hamas criticizes the American "cover" for the crime of starvation. Crowds of Palestinians scrambled on Monday to obtain some of the aid that entered the Gaza Strip by land or was dropped from the air.
The population's stampede for aid comes amid a severe food scarcity due to Israeli obstacles to the entry of aid. There have been reports of residents in the northern Gaza Strip resorting to grinding animal fodder to survive. The authorities in Gaza and activists confirmed the death of Palestinians, including children, due to hunger.