“At the same time, it doesn’t allow us to distribute aid in the most effective way, as you don’t know who will get it,” Nebal Farsakh from the IFRC says.

In Gaza, nearly every conversation these days starts with the same question. When did you eat last?

“I don’t know what to say anymore. How many innocent babies like Zeinab should be starved to death so the world wakes up?” she asked.

An analysis compiled by USAID officials examining more than 150 reported incidents involving the theft or loss of U.S.-funded humanitarian aid in the war-torn Gaza Strip says it failed to find any evidence that Hamas -- the militant rulers of the Palestinian enclave -- engaged in widespread diversion of assistance,

A State Department spokesperson disputed the findings, saying there is video evidence of Hamas looting aid, but provided no such videos.