Can the world change this story? A controversial proposal for a “humanitarian city” shows the desperate need for international leaders to end the conflict.
Plan to move all Gazans into one camp
Hungry: There were chaotic scenes as children waited to receive food from a charity earlier this week in Gaza. Experts have warned of a famine after Israel restricted food entry in March. Glossary
Gaza - The smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt.
Israel - A country in the Middle East, and the only Jewish nation in the modern period. It is seen by Jews, Christians and Muslims as the Holy Land.
Rafah - A Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is close to the border with Egypt. It is now home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
Palestinians - People from Palestine, an area located in the Southern Levant region of Western Asia.
Hamas - A militant Palestinian organisation, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. It is listed as a terrorist organisation in the UK.
Holocaust - The murder of six million Jewish people in Europe by Nazi Germany. Members of other minority groups were also killed.
Concentration camp - A large prison for people held without legal justification, such as political prisoners or persecuted minorities. The first concentration camps were built by British colonial rulers in South Africa, but the term is most associated with Nazi camps, some of which were used to execute Jewish and other inmates as well as to imprison them.
Ethnic cleansing - The systematic forced removal from one area or killing of an ethnic group, with the aim of creating a region that is ethnically homogeneous.
Northern Ireland - A small part of the island of Ireland that is one of the four nations of the UK. Northern Ireland has had a troubled history because of divisions between Protestants, who mostly identify with the UK, and Catholics, who would like to be part of the Republic of Ireland.
Yugoslavia - When the map of Europe was redrawn after World War I, Yugoslavia was created as a monarchy. During the Second World War, communists led by Josip Tito eventually triumphed in struggles between different factions. He kept Yugoslavia united under a constitution modelled on the Soviet Union, and ruled as a dictator until 1980. Yugoslavia collapsed in 1992.