France on Friday started to air-drop 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza as it urged Israel to allow full access to the area which it said was slipping into famine.

At least 91 people have been killed near aid centers across the Gaza Strip since Wednesday, according to the government media office run by Hamas and local hospitals.

International airdrops of aid were continuing on Thursday, but many of the parcels were landing in areas that Palestinians have been told to evacuate.