More Gazans starve to death as aid agencies warn airdrops won’t alleviate crisis

• Starvation crisis: A six-month-old baby is one of at least five more Palestinians to have died of starvation in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s health ministry has said, bringing the total to 127 since October 2023.

• Israel to allow airdrops: Foreign nations will be allowed to airdrop aid into Gaza in the coming days, a security official said. The UK says it is working to get aid onto planes into Gaza. Aid agencies have warned airdrops are both costly and dangerous.

• Ceasefire negotiators recalled: US President Donald Trump said it was time to “finish the job” and “get rid” of Hamas after the US deemed the militant group was not “acting in good faith” during negotiations. Hamas has said that a breakthrough was “close” before the US withdrew.

• Aid theft probe: Meanwhile, an internal US government review found no evidence of widespread theft by Hamas of US-funded humanitarian aid in Gaza.

Doctors in Gaza have been giving CNN first hand accounts of life inside hospitals in the Strip as the ongoing hunger crisis grips.