A Palestinian man with a girl hit by Israeli artillery shelling in Gaza City, Jan. 4, 2009. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)From ABC News:
The long-suffering residents of the Gaza Strip, who before Saturday's Israeli invasion were already facing severe shortages of food, shelter, medicine and other basic daily necessities, now are caught in an even more grave humanitarian crisis, the United Nations said over the weekend.
The Israeli offensive has so far resulted in the death of at least 460 Palestinians, including at least 100 civilians, according to UN estimates.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday that Gaza is not facing humanitarian crisis.
"When women, children and babies are killed in Gaza, how can you say Gaza is not in a humanitarian crisis?" Christopher Gunness, a spokesperson for the UN relief operation in Gaza, told ABC News. "When hospitals are overwhelmed with patients, how can you not say Gaza is not in a humanitarian crisis? When bakeries are shut down, how can you say Gaza is not in humanitarian crisis?
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