that was shye weinstein, who was here during those horrific events of october the 7th. that day shook israel to the core and shocked many around the world. israel's staunchest allies, including the united states and britain, immediately rushed in to show very public and powerful backing to israel as it launched retaliatory strikes, intended, said the israeli army, to destroy hamas. but six months on, as the death toll in gaza continues to climb, and the un says the territories on the brink of famine, there are loud calls, including from israel's staunchest friends, for an immediate ceasefire, for much more to be done to get desperately needed aid into gaza. in the past few days, for the first time, israel has opened the erez crossing in a northern israel into gaza. it has opened the ashdod port and it also says it will accelerate the capacity through jordan. will that be enough? we are joined by sidney mccain who is the executive director of the world food programme. welcome to bbc news. thank you. could you please first describe to us how bad is the situation in gaza w