Israel has come under massive international pressure to abandon its intensified military campaign in Gaza and to allow aid into the territory, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has pushed Gaza to the brink of famine.

"The Israeli authorities' decision to allow a ridiculously inadequate amount of aid into Gaza after months of an air-tight siege signals their intention to avoid the accusation of starving people in Gaza, while in fact keeping them barely surviving," said Pascale Coissard, Medecins Sans Frontieres ( Doctors Without Borders) emergency coordinator in Gaza's Khan Yunis.

"The current authorisation for 100 per day, when the situation is so dire, is woefully inadequate," MSF said in the statement.

"Meanwhile, evacuation orders are continuing to uproot the population, while Israeli forces are still subjecting health facilities to intensive attacks."

Last week, Doctors Without Borders slammed Israel for creating a "deliberate humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza and accused it of trying to make aid conditional on forced displacement of Palestinians.

"We are witnessing, in real time, the creation of conditions for the eradication of Palestinian lives in Gaza," the medical charity said in a statement.

"Gaza has become a hell on earth for Palestinians.", it added.

Moreover, the MSF said the devastation caused by Israel in Gaza showed clear "signs of ethnic cleansing".

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