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UPdate :Jordan and the UAE have carried out air drops into Gaza after Israel announced a series of new aid measures

The IDF says aid corridors are being set up to “refute the false claim of intentional starvation” after aid agencies raised the alarm about spreading malnutrition in the Strip

Jordan is also sending in 60 trucks carrying essential food supplies, the country’s state-run news agency reports – Egypt is also delivering more aid by land

Aid organisations have repeatedly warned that air drops are not sufficient to address the crisis in Gaza, with one calling it a “grotesque distraction”

Approximately 160 air drop flights would be needed just to provide a single meal for each of Gaza’s approximately two million people, writes BBC World Correspondent Joe Inwood

At least 133 people have died from malnutrition since the war began, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says

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