The top U.N. humanitarian official is accusing Israel of blocking the delivery of desperately needed aid to Gaza, and the U.S. ambassador is demanding that its government step up efforts to tackle the Palestinian territory’s ”intolerable and catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

Kamala Harris pressed Israel to allow more aid to the Gaza Strip after the UN warned of a "rapid deterioration" of the humanitarian situation.

The United Nations said its aid groups will run out of food in northern Gaza within days if Israel does not allow a sharp increase in aid deliveries, and Washington called on it to do so: The US envoy to the UN said Israel was trying to starve Hamas into submission,