It comes as the UN secretary-general visited the southern Rafah crossing and urged Israel to remove 'obstacles' to the huge backlog of aid trucks.
The head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency has said it's 'outrageous' Israel will block its aid deliveries to northern Gaza.
boss Philippe Lazzarini said Israel had told the United Nations that convoys would no longer be approved. It comes after Israel accused 12 staff of participating in October's Hamas terror attack. Nine of the accused workers were sacked. America and the UK are among the countries that have paused funding to the agency, but others such as Canada and Australia have since resumed donations. 'This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct life-saving assistance during a man-made famine,' Mr Lazzarini said on X on Sunday. 'These restrictions must be lifted.' Israel did not immediately respond to the claims.
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