Editorial: The humanitarian aid Gaza needs most is a cease-fire

In Gaza, famine is imminent.

To get urgently needed food, clean water, temporary sanitation facilities and medical supplies to more than 2 million Palestinians, President Biden ordered construction of a floating dock. Building it will take weeks.

In the interim, aid trickles into the narrow strip of land between southwestern Israel and the Mediterranean. offloaded rice and flour at a makeshift jetty formed from some of the ample rubble left by weeks of Israeli bombing. Some trucks are permitted to enter through “ ,” a hole in the barrier that seals off Gaza from Israel. Some food is . So far it is insufficient to slow the steady advance of severe hunger.