Charity organisations distribute meals to Palestinians in Al Maghazi Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 19, 2025. Ms Rachel has issued an impassioned plea to world leaders to step up and help the children of Gaza who are facing starvation and death.Israel has been blocking aid from reaching Gaza for 11 weeks now. The blockade is being used as a way to force Hamas to release the remaining hostages from the attacks on 7 October 2023.The BBC reported on 19 May that Israel said it had allowed five UN lorries carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza – but the UN’s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called it a “drop in the ocean”.The UN has warned 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours if no aid reaches them.