The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry reported an additional five deaths due to malnutrition on Saturday, bringing the total to 127 since the war began.
This includes 85 children.
The World Food Programme has warned that one in three Gazans are not eating for days at a time and that 90,000 women and children are in urgent need of treatment in what it described as a "man-made mass starvation".
The debate over air drops has come about primarily due to the failure of aid to enter Gaza via the traditional land routes.
The head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini said earlier that air drops are expensive, inefficient, and can even kill starving civilians if they go awry.
Lazzarini says political will is required to lift the siege, open the gates and guarantee safe movements and dignified access to people in need.
Meanwhile, Israel maintains there are no restrictions on aid getting into Gaza, with a government spokesperson previously suggesting the UN is working with Hamas to disrupt aid distribution.
Source: BBC
