UN fears hunger crisis in Gaza Strip – families fight over emergency rations. UN fears severe famine in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli offensive - and is already seeing signs of the collapse of civil order.

Now a CNN video shows the desperation of individuals. A CNN report shows desperate people paddling self-made rafts and boats into the open sea to reach the aid rations that have been dropped there. Back on the beach, they defend the food, sometimes with batons, sticks and belts converted into whips.