The war in Gaza is killing civilians (Palestinian civilians, nowadays) much faster than other recent wars. It has wrecked most of the buildings and most of the hospitals. The schools that have not been wrecked are sheltering people driven out of their homes.

The World Food Programme says that around 700,000 people are facing catastrophic hunger, and that 577,000 of them are in Gaza. Evidently food aid agencies are doing a great job of providing food to people who otherwise would be starving — except in Gaza where Israel is making it too hard.