The UN warned Friday that the entire population of Gaza was at risk of famine, as an Israeli far-right minister urged the use of "full force" against Hamas.

Negotiations to end nearly 20 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March following a short-lived truce.

Israel recently intensified its offensive in what it says is a renewed push to destroy Hamas, drawing global condemnation over the dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

Recent AFPTV footage has shown chaotic scenes as large crowds of Palestinians desperate for food rushed to a limited number of aid distribution centres to pick up supplies.

"Gaza is the hungriest place on earth," Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, said Friday.

"It's the only defined area — a country or defined territory within a country — where you have the entire population at risk of famine. One hundred per cent of the population at risk of famine."

Laerke said 900 UN aid trucks had been authorised by Israel to enter so far, but only 600 had been offloaded on the Gaza side of the border, and an even smaller number had been picked up there due to security considerations.

Laerke described the "limited number of truckloads" as "drip-feeding food".

Adding to the international pressure,
President Donald Trump said Friday he believes an agreement is close on a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and that it could be announced soon.

US officials have been waiting on a formal response from Hamas about what a source said is a proposed 60-day Gaza ceasfire deal.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Friday called on the international community to adopt effective mechanisms to halt settlement expansion, annexation plans, and incursions into the West Bank by Israeli occupation leaders, warning against attempts to destroy the two-state solution.

In a statement, the ministry considered the incursions into the West Bank by ministers from the occupation government, the settlers' encroachment on its land, streets, and citizens' property, and the boasting about building 22 new colonial settlements an Israeli attempt to destroy the two-state solution, a blatant disregard for UN resolutions and international law, and a disregard for the international consensus rejecting settlements, which violate international law and directly threaten the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Gaza's civil defence agency told AFP that at least 22 people had been killed in Israeli attacks on Friday, including seven in a strike targeting a family home in Jabalia in the north.

Palestinians sobbed over the bodies of their loved ones at Gaza City's Al Shifa Hospital following the strike, AFPTV footage showed.

"These were civilians and were sleeping at their homes. The house was destroyed due to the indiscriminate bombardment," said neighbour Mahmud al-Ghaf, describing "children in pieces".

"Stop the war!" said Mahmud Nasr, who lost relatives. "We do not want anything from you, just stop the war."