Israel launched its Gaza city offensive today, labeling it a Hamas stronghold.

But it's also home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, already facing starvation and yet another round of forced displacement.

The United Nations warns that Israel's evacuation orders are a recipe for disaster.

And as William Brigham reports, Israel's military has now

halted the temporary planned pauses in the fighting.

That's right, Jeff. Israel's announcement today that it's suspending pauses and its attacks,

which were meant to enable aid deliveries into Gaza City, makes an already catastrophic problem

that much worse.

An international body that tracks hunger crises last week declared that area and its people

are experiencing famine.

The chief UN organization charged with delivering emergency food aid is the World Food Program,

and its executive director is Cindy McCain.

She just returned from a mission to Gaza this week and joins us now from Rome.

Cindy McCain, welcome back to the NewsHour.

You were just in Gaza this week.

Can you tell us a little bit about where you went and what you saw?

Well, we had the opportunity to go in.

And I wanted to first of all see our truck routes and see exactly how we get in, the

problems that we encounter, et cetera.

But also part of what our trip was about was also going into many of the areas where food

insecurity is at its highest and also seeing what they

have to endure each day to be able to survive. I had the opportunity to meet with a family of 11

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