“Despite the fact that Israel claimed a humanitarian pause and agreed to let more trucks and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, the reality on the ground is very different,” Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Deir el-Balah, Gaza.

“It has been a couple of days, and a very limited number of trucks have been entering, Those trucks are not reaching anywhere, houses or distribution points,” she said, adding that hot meal kitchens are still not operating.

“But every single day, Palestinians are dying due to malnutrition and starvation, and the latest case was Atef, a 17-year-old Palestinian.

“Every single day, we are losing more people, not only from the continuous Israeli air attacks, but also from the forced starvation that is imposed on Palestinians in Gaza,” Khoudary said.

“In the markets, you rarely find food. Whatever is available is very, very expensive, and people are still forced to risk their lives to get whatever they can get.

“Every single day, more Palestinians are being shot and killed near distribution sites run by the controversial GHF.

“Palestinians say that they do not have any choice left other than seeing their children die in front of their eyes or risking their lives, being shot or injured to secure a meal for them.”