Two months to the day since Hamas' terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming "apocalyptic" with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts "nearly impossible", UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.

In a joint statement 27 aid organisations including UN agencies and their partners issued a call for an immediate stop to the fighting, stressing that conditions in Gaza are "amongst the worst we have witnessed".

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