British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has warned the “prospect of famine is real” in Gaza, as a Royal Navy ship is headed to the Mediterranean to help set up a maritime aid corridor, AFP reports.

Cameron has said Britain is working with the United States, Cyprus and others to set up a “new temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to get aid in as quickly and securely as possible”.

“We need to continue to explore all options, including by sea and air, to ease the desperate plight of some of the world’s most vulnerable people,” he says.

Cyprus has vowed to continue with the humanitarian corridor, despite the killing of seven aid workers unloading aid in an Israeli strike in the ravaged Palestinian territory.

The UK has also announced £9.7 million in aid, equipment and expertise to help set up the maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza.