At least 85 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in one of the deadliest days for aid-seekers since the war began, Gaza's Health Ministry said.

A joint statement warns that their colleagues and the people they serve in Gaza are "wasting away" and urges governments to take action.

Sir Sadiq Khan called on the UK government to immediately recognise a Palestinian state amid growing warnings of children starving in Gaza. The London Mayor’s intervention piled pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to take tougher action against Israel as it has severely limited aid into the besieged strip as it pursues its war against terror group Hamas.

At least 73 people were killed and around 150 people injured by Israeli gunfire in Gaza while seeking aid on Sunday, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say Israeli troops have killed at least 32 Palestinians near aid distribution hubs in the latest deadly violence involving people seeking desperately needed food.

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.

And the statement accused the Israeli government of implementing "restrictions, delays, and fragmentation" with a total siege of the Gaza Strip, resulting in "chaos, starvation, and death" of Palestinians.

Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians near food distribution hubs in southern Gaza, witnesses and Gaza hospital officials say.

AFP's global news director Phil Chetwynd {CHET-wind} says the French news service's journalists in Gaza are at risk of starving to death. The agency is struggling to get those journalists out of Gaza.