The announcement came one day after another aid agency, World Central Kitchen, said three of its workers were killed in an Israeli strike.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has halted the delivery of aid through the key Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza after it became "impossible", its chief said Sunday."We are pausing the delivery of aid through Kerem Shalom,

The Gaza Government Media Office has urged UNRWA to reconsider its decision to suspend humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.

The decision could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the cold, rainy winter sets in, with people living in squalid tent camps and reliant on food aid.

UN agency says most of its attempts to deliver aid to northern Gaza have been denied by Israeli forces even as looting of convoys has continued