The first aid in two weeks was allowed into northern Gaza following the letter, but the UN's acting humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya described it as a “trickle”. In the letter sent on Sunday, the US expressed deep concern at the humanitarian situation and said Israeli actions had contributed to it.

Israeli soldiers sit in a military vehicle near trucks carrying humanitarian aid that wait before making their way to the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, at Erez Crossing in southern Israel,

The head of the UN agency giving aid to Palestinians, Philippe Lazzarini, has accused Israel of stopping humanitarian assistance from reaching the north of the war-torn Gaza Strip. "The Israeli authorities continue to deny humanitarian missions to reach the north with critical supplies including medicine and food for people under siege,

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will depart for the Middle East on Monday, the State Department said, as Washington is pushing to kickstart ceasefire negotiations to end the Gaza war following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour aimed at reviving Gaza ceasefire talks and discussing the enclave's future following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making his 11th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began, in the wake of Israel's killing of Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar.

Israel continues to hammer northern Gaza despite U.S. hopes that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could be a turning point in the year-old conflict.

Scores of people have been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza this weekend, according to local officials, with the bloodshed in the enclave and continued attacks in Lebanon dimming hopes that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might breathe new life into cease-fire talks that have been stalled for months.