Israel has announced a daily “tactical pause in military activity” in three areas of Gaza to enable more aid to reach people, amid growing international outrage over starvation in the territory.

Ofir Akunis acknowledged there are hungry people in Gaza but said that is due to Hamas stealing humanitarian aid.

A pair of leading Israeli human rights groups has accused Israel of “committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” becoming the first such organizations to make the claim.

Two prominent Israeli rights groups on Monday said their country is committing genocide in Gaza , the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made such accusations against Israel during nearly 22 months of war.

Two Israeli rights groups said Israel was carrying out "coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza strip."

Humanitarian aid was dropped into the Gaza Strip from the air for the second consecutive day on Monday, with some 20 pallets of food parachuted into the blockaded coastal area from Jordanian and Emirati aircraft,

Why has Israel started dropping food aid into Gaza, and how much food will they really deliver to hungry Palestinians?

Another 180 lorries carrying aid entered the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to Israel, after the country started letting in more basic supplies into the sealed-off Palestinian territory a day earlier.