Humanitarian agencies warn of 'unspeakable suffering' inflicted on people in Gaza

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza. Picture: Ramez Habboub/AP

Humanitarian organisations have voiced alarm over the "unspeakable suffering" now being inflicted on people in Gaza with the closure of all aid routes into the strip.

Israeli troops have taken "operational control" of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.