Israel has already delivered aid to the Gaza Strip via airstrikes. Israel is facing increasing pressure from Western governments, and aid agencies are warning that mass starvation is looming in the Gaza Strip.

Long lines of desperate people or crowds at aid points have long been a daily occurrence in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli government said Wednesday it was not responsible for the chronic food shortages in the Gaza Strip and accused the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which rules there, of deliberately causing the crisis.

"There is currently no Israeli-induced famine in the Gaza Strip," government spokesman David Mentzer told reporters after more than a hundred aid and rights groups warned of "mass starvation" and called on Israel to unblock aid.

"There is a shortage created by Hama," Menzer added, accusing the militants of preventing food distribution and looting aid for their own interests.

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has worsened since October 7, 2023, when Hamas carried out a massacre in Israel, to which Israel responded with an offensive in the Gaza Strip.