Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for Israel’s control of aid distribution to be replaced amid reports of mass starvation in Gaza.

Akshay Singal, Citigroup’s London-based global head of short-term interest rate trading, authored the LinkedIn post on Thursday.

Doctors and aid workers inside Gaza are reporting the highest levels of malnutrition in children they have ever seen as the hunger crisis reportedly continues to worsen.

The prime minister’s statement is the latest sign of rising international alarm over the starvation and deaths of civilians in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Israel’s military on Tuesday responded to accusations by the World Health Organization (WHO), that its forces attacked the UN agency’s facilities in central Gaza and detained staff members.The military said soldiers came under fire in the city of Deir al-Balah on Monday,

After 21 months of devastating conflict with Israel, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians — the young, the old and the sick — are facing what aid groups say is impending famine.