>> CAN I FIRST ASK YOU, IT IS RAMADAN, IT'S JUST STARTED, AND I WONDER WHAT YOUR REFLECTIONS ARE FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR FAMILY, FOR MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD, CELEBRATING, OR MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, MARKING RAMADAN THIS YEAR, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WAR?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANE, RAMADAN, FOR US, IS A MONTH OF WORSHIP, CHARITY, AND COMPASSION FOR OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEING, AND I THINK THIS YEAR, WE'RE IN THESE HOLY DAYS WITH VERY HEAVY HEARTS.

ARE MAN DA IS TYPICALLY DEFINED WITH PEOPLE SHARING A MEAL AND BREAKING THEIR FAST TOGETHER, BUT WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA TODAY WHO ARE NOW HUNGRY AND THIRSTY IN TENTS OR MAKESHIFT SHELTERS, WHO ARE MOURNING THEIR DEAD AND MOURNING THE LIFE THAT THEY HAD JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO?

YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANE, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS WAR, ISRAEL HAS CUT OFF EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN A HUMAN LIFE.

FOOD, FUEL, SHELTER, MEDICINE, WATER, AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR FIVE MONTHS, AND IT'S LEFT THE PEOPLE OF GAZA COMPLETELY RELIANT ON OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE.

AND ACTUALLY IT HAS SYSTEMATICALLY DENIED AND DELAYED A LOT OF THAT ASSISTANCE, OCCASIONALLY BOMBING SOME OF THE CONVOYS THAT BRING THIS ASSISTANCE, AND SHOOTING AT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET WHATEVER SCARCE RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN GET.

ACCORDING TO THE U.N., EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN GAZA TODAY IS HUNGRY.

OVER A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION, THAT'S MORE THAN 550,000 PEOPLE, ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM FAMINE.

EXPERTS SAY THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A POPULATION DESCEND INTO SUCH MASS HUNGER SO RAPIDLY.

I MEAN, I'M HEARING OF PEOPLE JUST EATING WHATEVER THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON, INCLUDING GRASS OR THEY'RE HAVING TO GRIND, YOU KNOW, BIRD FEED OR ANIMAL FODDER JUST TO MAKE BREAD.

AND IN THE NORTH OF GAZA, PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION, THEY ARE ACTUALLY DYING OF STARVATION.

IT STARTS WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE, THE ELDERLY, THE WOUNDED, BABIES.

WE'RE HEARING INCREASING NUMBER OF BABIES THAT ARE DYING FROM SEVERE MALNUTRITION AND THIRST, AND IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE, I THINK THESE CASES ARE GOING TO BE SPIRALING THROUGHOUT THE STRIP.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A SLOW MOTION MASS MURDER OF CHILDREN, FIVE MONTHS IN THE MAKING.

CHILDREN WHO WERE THRIVING AND HEALTHY JUST MONTHS AGO ARE WASTING AWAY IN FRONT OF THEIR PARENTS.

STARVATION IS A VERY SLOW, CRUEL, AND PAINFUL DEATH.

YOUR MUSCLES SHRINK, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM SHUTS DON, YOUR ORGANS GIVE OUT.

IMAGINE BEING A PARENT, HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT, WITNESS YOUR CHILD GOING THROUGH THAT, NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL, OUTRAGEOUS, AND ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA TODAY, BECAUSE IT WAS DELIBERATE.

>> QUEEN RANIA, WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING SYSTEMATICALLY WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING, IN FACT, A LOT OF THE WORLD IS NOW AND HAS BEEN REPORTING THIS SEVERE HUNGER, THE STATISTICS, THE PICTURES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I WONDER WHETHER YOU THINK THAT IS THE REASON WHY, FOR INSTANCE, THE UNITED STATES, THE UK, OTHER NATIONS, WHICH ARE ALLIES OF ISRAEL, HAVE STARTED TO REALLY RAMP UP THEIR NEED TO DELIVER AID.

LIKE THE AIR-DROPS THAT JORDAN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, YOU SEE THE U.S.

DOING IT, YOU SEE THE IDEA OF A FLOATING PIER IN ORDER TO BRING MUCH MORE AID VIA THE SEA.

DO YOU THINK THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED HAS ACTUALLY NOW GOTTEN THROUGH?

>> WELL, LOOK, LET ME JUST BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THESE AIR-DROPS ARE.

THEY ARE US RESORTING TO DESPERATE MEASURES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS A DESPERATE SITUATION.

THESE AIR-DROPS ARE LITERALLY JUST DROPS IN AN OCEAN OF UNMET NEEDS.

KING ABDULLAH HAS SAID THEY ARE NEITHER SUFFICIENT NOR ARE THEY A SUBSTITUTE FOR, YOU KNOW, HUMANITARIAN ACCESS AT SCALE.

SO, COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT USE THEM AS A WAY OUT, NOR SHOULD THEY BE VIEWED AS AN EXCUSE FOR NOT DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND THAT IS IMPLEMENTING AN IMMEDIATE AND SUSTAINED CEASE-FIRE, OPENING ALL ACCESS POINTS INTO GAZA, PARTICULARLY LAND ROUTES.

STREAMLINING THE INSPECTION PROCESS.

AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS SAFE ACCESS WITHIN GAZA SO THAT THE AID CAN BE DISTRIBUTED.

EVERY MOMENT COUNTS.

CHILDREN ARE STARVING AS WE SPEAK, SO, EVERY MOMENT, AND EVERY MEAL COUNTS.

AND SO, I THINK NOW WE'RE PAST THE STAGE OF TRYING TO TALK ISRAEL INTO DOING THESE THINGS.

WE NEED TO ACTUALLY START USING MEASURES AND POLITICAL LEVERAGE TO GET THEM TO DO THOSE THINGS.

>> CAN I ASK YOU TO DESCRIBE WHAT JORDAN HAS DONE?

FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE SITTING IN AN AIR BASE, I BELIEVE BEHIND YOU IS SOME OF THE GOODS AND HUMANITARIAN ITEMS THAT WILL BE DROPPED.

TELL ME WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE DROPPED INTO GAZA, AND HOW HAS JORDAN'S EXPERIENCE BEEN WITH, FOR INSTANCE, ITS HOSPITAL THERE, WITH THE AIR-DROPPING?

>> WELL, LOOK, THE REASON WHY WE STARTED DOING THESE AIR-DROPS IS, WE FOUND THAT AFTER TRYING SO HARD IN VAIN FOR GETTING ISRAEL TO OPEN THE LAND ACCESS POINTS, WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

WE COULDN'T JUST WATCH PEOPLE STARVING.

SO, KING ABDULLAH STARTED, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING THESE AIR-DROPS, BUT I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE, THE NEED IS MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE.

THERE'S TONS OF FOOD IN TRUCKS THAT ARE MILES AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE STARVING, SO, THIS IS -- THE HUNGER IS NOT A -- A NATURAL DISASTER, THIS IS A MAN-MADE, AN ISRAELI-MADE DISASTER.

IT IS, YOU KNOW, DEPRAVATION BY DESIGN.

NO MATTER THE VOLUME OF THE AID GOING IN, NOTHING IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A CEASE-FIRE.

DELIVERING AID DOES NOT STOP THE DESTRUCTION, THE DEATH, AND THE HEARTBREAK.

WE CANNOT SAVE PEOPLE FROM HUNGER ONLY THEN TO BOMB THEM TO DEATH.

SO -- SO, AGAIN, AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

>> SO, CLEARLY HAMAS HAS SAID THAT IT WANTS A LONG-TERM CEASE-FIRE.

AS YOU HEARD, NOT ONLY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO THE U.S. PRESIDENT SAID THAT WHEN THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF A CEASE-FIRE AND A RELEASE OF HOSTAGES AND, YOU KNOW, MUCH INCREASED AID INTO GAZA, THE LAST THING WE HEARD WAS THAT IT'S UP TO HAMAS TO SIGN ON.

WHAT DOES JORDAN BELIEVE TO BE THE STICKING POINT WITH A CEASE-FIRE?