Human rights groups urge Congress to block unauthorised force as fears of wider Caribbean conflict and chaos grow.

Chris McIntosh, a humanitarian response adviser for Oxfam in Gaza said that the humanitarian aid delivered to the Gaza Strip so far has had a limited impact .

People in Gaza are going days without anything to eat, according to the UN. For small children, the malnutrition can stunt them for a lifetime — if they survive the hunger. Their only hope is the World Food Program and other relief agencies reaching them with food aid.

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, has urged Israel to immediately open more crossings into the famine-stricken Gaza Strip to allow for a surge in aid deliveries.