ISRAEL has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month war, international aid organisations said today.

This came as Israeli strikes in Gaza killed dozens of people, including at an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone.

Last month the Biden administration called on Israel to “surge” more food and other emergency aid into Gaza, giving it a 30-day deadline that expired today.