International aid agencies warn that plans presented by Israel to control aid distribution in Gaza will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory.

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee outlined an American-Israeli plan to funnel humanitarian aid into parts of Gaza that he acknowledged will initially feed only about 60% of the population.

Since March 2, no humanitarian food has been sent to Gaza, and a worldwide hunger monitor has warned that half a million Palestinians, or one-quarter of the enclave’s population, are at risk of famine

Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians, local health authorities said, as President Donald Trump continued his visit to the Middle East.

CAIRO (Reuters) -Talks between Hamas and the U.S. administration regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave were underway, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Sunday.

Participants in a UN Security Council meeting have called on Israel to stop blocking aid to the Gaza Strip, while Israel and the United States said a new mechanism to deliver assistance to civilians is needed.

The State Department said a solution to deliver food aid to Gaza was "steps away," as the aid community expressed skepticism.

Israel's total siege of Gaza is entering its third month. Doctors and aid workers said they are seeing malnourished children and hospitals running low on supplies.

The United Nations and World Health Organization are both warning that people in Gaza are starving amid an aid blockade by Israel. President of the Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi Rick Jacobs and Princeton University Distinguished Professor Eddie Glaude join Chris Jansing to react to the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.