ISRAEL has resumed air-dropping foreign aid into Gaza and said it will take other steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in the besieged strip.

The Israeli military said "humanitarian corridors" would be established for the safe movement of UN convoys delivering aid to distraught Gazans.

Horror scenes of mass starvation have sparked an international outcry after Israel restricted supplies to the territory.

Aid groups warned this week that Palestinians are on the brink of famine, with one in five children suffering from malnutrition.

The UN warned that civilians in the besieged enclave are becoming "walking corpses".

But Israel has denied responsibility, blaming Hamas for the suffering of Gaza's population .

The Israeli military said in a statement that the airdrops would be

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