ISRAELI bombing killed at least 60 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday as Tel Aviv continued to block aid deliveries that would help to stave off the region’s mounting humanitarian crisis.

The dead included 10 people in the southern city of Khan Younis, four in the central town of Deir al-Balah and nine in Jabaliya refugee camp in the north, according to the Nasser, Al-Aqsa and Al-Ahli hospitals where the bodies were brought.

Israel has continued to ignore growing international condemnation of its invasion of Gaza.

The Strip has been under an Israeli food and aid blockade for nearly three months. Experts have warned that many of Gaza’s two million residents are at high risk of famine.

Amid mounting pressure, Israel has started letting in small amounts of aid. Israeli officials claimed yesterday they let in more than 100 trucks of flour, food, medical equipment and drugs through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

But United Nations agencies say the amount is woefully insufficient, compared with around 600 trucks a day that entered during a recent ceasefire to meet basic needs.

Islington North Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn told the Star: “Let’s be clear: Palestinians are not ‘facing’ starvation. Israel is starving Palestinians to death, and it is beyond unconscionable that our government is still providing military support.”

The former Labour leader added: “Enough! The world has got to wake up and stop this genocide.”

US-based Black Agenda Reports executive editor Margaret Kimberley said Gaza was starving because the West was complicit.

“So-called leaders may condemn the withholding of food and other aid but they give Israel arms and protect it from the punishment it deserves based on international law.”

Israel says the aid it is allowing will bridge the gap until a US-backed initiative starts soon.

A group known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will take over aid distribution in Gaza, guarded by mercenaries.

Israel, without evidence, has accused Hamas of siphoning off significant amounts of aid. The UN denies that claim.

Yesterday a Geneva-based advocacy group said it was taking legal action to urge Swiss authorities to monitor the foundation.

Trial International, which focuses on international justice, said it had made legal submissions to make sure that the privately run foundation, which is listed in the Geneva commercial registry, abides by Swiss law, notably on the activities of private security groups.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tommaso Della Longa of the International Federation of the Red Cross said: “The news of aid entering the Strip is good news, but it is less than a drop in the ocean.”

Mr Longa warned that even if some aid trucks recently entered the enclave, it did not mean aid was delivered to people.

“Until now, people did not get anything, and we need to have a humanitarian operation that scales with people’s needs.

“If before the conflict started, we needed 500 to 600 trucks a day in Gaza, that means that number is now doubled as the needs are immense.”

The UN health agency also highlighted the scale of the humanitarian crisis when it reported yesterday that 94 per cent of hospitals in Gaza have either been damaged or completely destroyed by Israel’s troops.

The World Health Organisation reported that 19 of 36 hospitals remain functional, “although only partially.” They also said four major hospitals have closed in the last week “due to attacks, evacuation orders and increasing hostilities,” while northern Gaza ““has been stripped of nearly all healthcare.”

In a post on X the UN body said: “Hospitals must never be militarised,” calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Yesterday’s air raids came a day after Israeli tanks and drones attacked a hospital in northern Gaza, igniting fires and causing extensive damage.

Videos taken by a health official at Al-Awda Hospital show walls blown away and thick black smoke billowing through wreckage.

Israel said it will continue to ravage Gaza until all of the 58 Israeli hostages are released — fewer than half of whom are believed to be alive, according to Israel — and until Hamas disarms.

The latest killings come a day after two Israeli embassy staff were shot while leaving a reception for young diplomats at the Capital Jewish Museum, in Washington, DC.

The suspect told police he “did it for Palestine,” according to court documents filed on Thursday as he was charged with murder. He didn’t enter a plea.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the killings in Washington horrific on Thursday and condemned France, Britain and Canada for criticising his armies’ conduct.

“By issuing their demand, replete with a threat of sanctions against Israel — against Israel, not Hamas — these three leaders effectively said they want Hamas to remain in power,” he said.

Earlier this week the three issued more serious criticism than previously of Israel’s war crimes, threatening to take “concrete actions” if it did not cease its renewed military offensive and significantly lift restrictions on humanitarian aid.

Andrew Feinstein, author of The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, in a social media post, urged people to ignore the theatrics of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

He said: “The handwringing is stagecraft, little different from the earlier mix of silence and talk about Israel’s “right to defend itself.

“It is to the same purpose: to buy Israel time to complete its genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza.”

Meanwhile there has been no movement on talks in Doha aimed at bringing about a ceasefire.

Earlier this week, Mr Netanyahu said he was recalling his negotiating team from the Qatari capital after a week of ceasefire talks failed to bring results. A working team will remain.

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said a “fundamental gap” remained between the two parties and that none of the proposals was able to bridge their differences.

Hamas said no real ceasefire talks have taken place since last week in Doha.

The group accused Mr Netanyahu of “falsely portraying participation” and attempting to “mislead global public opinion” by keeping Israel’s delegation there without engaging in serious negotiations.