amy: we will speak to ucla professor ramesh srinivasan. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in gaza, at least five people were killed on wednesday when israel bombed an unrwa aid distribution center in rafah, one of the u.n. agency's last remaining aid sites in gaza. at least one u.n. worker was among the dead. unrwa workers decried the attack. >> this is forbidden. we are an international institution. all of this is for people. we work day and night to serve refugees. what is this? we take all of this to the elderly and children. amy: the head of unrwa philippe lazzarini said the attack was a "blatant disregard to international humanitarian law." the attack comes as much of gaza is on the brink of famine as israel continues to limit the amount of aid allowed into the besieged territory. at least 27 palestinians have died of starvation, including 23 children. meanwhile, al jazeera is reporting six palestinians have -- were killed in gaza city after israeli forces opened fire again on crow