Children are starving in the ruins of Gaza and there is no ceasefire in sight. At least 16 children have died from malnutrition since last week, including 10-year-old Yazan Kafarneh, who was recorded by a news crew as he struggled between life and death.

Even allies like the United States, which gives Israel $3 billion a year in weapons and other military aid, have joined the chorus of demands, at least rhetorically, pushing for more aid to be urgently allowed into the enclave where Palestinians gather in camps and sleep on the streets.