Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official tells BBC'World has responsibility to get aid into Gaza', UN official tells BBCIsrael began to allow limited aid into Gaza last week, after an almost three-month blockade had halted the delivery of supplies such as food, medicine, fuel and shelter. Asked if his assessment of forced starvation amounted to a war crime, he said: "Yeah, it is. The UN's humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. They're reporting starvation, they're reporting torture, and they're reporting deaths on a massive scale," he said. Asked about his claim – repudiated by Israel - that thousands of lorries were waiting on the border to enter Gaza, Mr Fletcher repeated that he especially needed to be "careful and really precise".