The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since Hamas-led terror attacks triggered the war, UN humanitarians have insisted, just as UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that "the long shadow of starvation" stalks the people of Gaza.

"In the first two weeks of January, only 24 per cent - seven out of 29 – of planned missions to deliver food, medicine, water and other lifesaving supplies successfully reached their destinations north of Wadi Gaza," said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

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