Israel has accepted a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza that Israeli officials familiar with the matter said would involve a 60-day pause in the fighting and restore UN-led aid distribution to the enclave.

An Israeli far-right minister said on Friday it was time to use "full force" in Gaza, after Hamas said a new US-backed truce proposal failed to meet its demands. Negotiations to end nearly 20 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough,

Israel is blocking all but a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, with almost no ready-to-eat food entering what its spokesperson described as "the hungriest place on earth".

Israel is facing growing international pressure as aid distribution efforts in Gaza devolved into chaos during the first days of a controversial new mechanism backed by the United States and Israel.

WFP says Palestinians need reassurance they won't starve US says preparing new terms for possible truce deal Push for UN Security Council to act on Gaza aid situation Israel facing mounting criticism over humanitarian situation CAIRO/JERUSALEM/UNITED NATIONS,

The Israeli military says troops fired warning shots into the air but not at Palestinians during Tuesday's incident in Rafah.