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The number of humanitarian aid convoys entering Gaza daily must at least double to meet some of the population's most basic needs, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday. The United Nations has warned that widespread famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" without action. Aid organizations have blamed military operations, insecurity and extensive restrictions to the delivery of essential supplies for the shortage of food in the enclave, which has been devastated by an Israeli offensive against Hamas. "I would say that we need to double the level we have now. We are now at around 150 trucks. We need a minimum of 300 trucks a day coming in," Carl Skau, deputy executive director and chief oOperating officer at the World Food Programme, told Reuters. (Reuters)