KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

The German, French and British foreign ministries issued a joint statement that singled out Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments on aid as “unacceptable.”

The UN's World Food Programme said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks. WFP, one of the main providers of food assistance in Gaza,