The failure to lift the total Israeli blockade further endangered Gaza's 2.3 million population, with the UN forced in many cases to reduce water rations to 1 litre per person per day, compared to the minimum international standard of 15 litres.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Hamas claimed it had released two US hostages, a mother and daughter "for humanitarian reasons" in response to Qatari mediation efforts.
Biden had touted Israel's agreement to a limited opening of the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian-Gaza border as the main achievement of his trip to Israel on Wednesday. The deal covered a relatively tiny aid delivery of 20 lorryloads of supplies, less than 5% of daily deliveries before the conflict, but even that did not reach Gaza.
Biden had said that another priority of his Israel trip was to ensure that several hundred Palestinian-Americans trapped in Gaza would be able to leave. But none had yesterday been able to use the Rafah crossing to escape the increasingly desperate conditions inside the territory.
Aid officials said that it was taking longer than expected for Egyptian workers to repair the road into Gaza which had suffered bomb damage, but the Egyptian foreign ministry denied Cairo was responsible for the continued blockade. In a statement online, the ministry blamed the media for "holding Egypt responsible for the crossing closure despite Israeli targeted attacks and refusal of aid entry".
The ministry insisted: "Rafah crossing is open and Egypt is not responsible for obstructing third-country nationals exit."
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