Video captured by NBC News’ crew on the ground has shown several homes reduced to rubble amid Israeli strikes, with the bodies of those killed, including children, seen wrapped in shrouds at the Kuwait specialized hospital in Rafah. Leaders of the hospital have also warned of a mounting crisis trying to treat the injured after the Al-Najjar hospital in eastern Rafah was forced to stop operating due to Israel’s evacuation orders, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The World Food Programme warned on Thursday that “no aid” has entered from the southern Rafah crossing, which borders Egypt, in two full days.

“Only 1 bakery is still working. Supplies of food & fuel in Gaza will only last 1-3 days,” WFP director for Palestinian territories Matthew Hollingworth said in a post on X. “Without them, our operations will go into standstill.”

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths warned Thursday that aid must be allowed into Gaza through the crossing.

“Civilians in Gaza are being starved and killed, and we are prevented from helping them,” he said, after “7 months of horrors.”

The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that dozens of humanitarian aid trucks had entered Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing earlier that day, with the IDF saying Israel was keeping the crossing open “despite Hamas’ constant rocket fire toward the area.”

The Palestinian Crossings Authority maintained Thursday that “crossings are still closed and under the control” of Israeli forces.

Local health officials say more than 34,900 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its offensive in the enclave after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, in which Israeli officials say some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others taken hostage in a major escalation of the decadeslong conflict.