UN humanitarian chief says essential supplies are ‘running out’ in Gaza

The site of a deadly fire, after an Israeli strike hit a tent area in the courtyard of a hospital in the Gaza Strip Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

A top United Nations humanitarian official has warned that essential supplies are “running out” in Gaza.

The warning came at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council where the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations accused Israel of besieging, bombing and starving 400,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza.