Israel has given a tour of a large storage site within Gaza containing what it claims to be 1,000 lorries-worth of aid that the UN has failed to deliver. The move on Thursday intensified a row with the international community, which has become increasingly critical of starvation levels in the Strip.

The UN agency for Palestinians says it has thousands of truckloads of supplies near Gaza which it wants to deliver.

Against the backdrop of ongoing warnings of a deadly hunger crisis, some aid has reached the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said on Thursday. The UN confirmed that its teams were able to collect mainly flour at two border crossings on Wednesday and bring it into the coastal strip,