The Israeli army on Thursday showed media around aid arriving in Gaza via a key crossing as Israel faces accusations that it is preventing assistance from reaching the Palestinian territory.

International aid organisations have repeatedly warned of the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, saying civilians are starving and that aid shipments are now lower than at any time since October 2023 when militant group Hamas attacked southern Israel, triggering the war in Gaza.

Israel, which imposed a total siege on the Hamas-ruled territory in the early stages of the war last year, blames the inability of relief organisations to handle and distribute large quantities of aid.

During the first media visit including AFP to the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the largest for humanitarian aid, journalists saw trucks carrying aid mainly from Egypt, Jordan, the occupied West Bank and Israel itself.