Aid agencies say the plan runs counter to humanitarian principles, is logistically unworkable and could put Gazans and workers at risk.

Warehouses in northern Gaza have been looted, including by armed groups, as desperation for aid spikes after more than two months of Israel's blockade, say locals and aid workers, as Israeli airstrikes continued,

The United States, Israel and representatives of a new international foundation are close to an agreement on how to resume the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza without it being controlled by Hamas,