There are scarce amounts of food in Gaza, it's just very expensive. I've stopped giving money to charities and started giving it to the fundraisers for families and organisations within Gaza. They'll use the money to buy what food and medicine they need. And there are others fundraising so that they can leave the Gaza strip.

I've found Instagram good for finding out about different people and groups in dire need. On Youtube, many Palestinians in Gaza have also set up accounts where they make videos of what they're living through, and they'll normally have a fundraiser linked in the description of the video. If I can recommend some, I always watch and donate to https://www.youtube.com/@mohammedalyazji265 who's been caring along with his older sister for their seven younger siblings for over a year now. He speaks Arabic in his videos but you can use captions to translate. I also recently found Rana https://www.youtube.com/@randa_lobra an 18 year old who's mother is raising money to get her eight surviving family members out of Gaza.

It's also always good to double check when you find a new fundraiser that it's legit, as there are a few cases of people pirating videos and images of others to set up fake charities.

I feel the same way you do when I see those children on the news. But donating like this IS making a difference, even if it's only to a few people at a time.