President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that France would become the first Western member of the United Nations Security Council to recognise a Palestinian state in September has caused diplomatic ructions from the Middle East through Europe to Washington.

There are accusations that food supplies are being blocked by Israeli forces, something the Israeli government denies. CBS News New York's Lori Bordonaro has more from Westchester County, where one community is demanding an end to the crisis.

The images of skeletal children that are now pouring out of Gaza are shocking but they should not be surprising. Humanitarian groups with decades of experience distributing aid in the Strip have been warning about this scenario for months,

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal.

The head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa warned on Saturday that aid air drops “will not reverse the deepening starvation” in Gaza. In a post on social media he criticised the plans, arguing that air drops are “expensive, inefficient, and can even kill starving civilians”.

The United Nations and experts say that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.

Jordan and the United Arab Emirates were expected to begin airdrops in the coming days, but experts warned that the bulk of necessary aid could come only by land.

Malnutrition has reached alarming levels in Gaza, aid officials say, with hunger now reportedly affecting civilians as well as journalists, doctors, and other personnel on the ground.