UN experts demand action to avert ‘annihilation’ of Palestinians in Gaza – Middle East crisis live

More than 20 experts call on countries to act or witness the slaughter of innocents'

• Desperate people': Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violence

The Dutch government, seen as one of Israel's most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian.

Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as catastrophic, truly dismal" and in clear breach of international humanitarian law.

You cannot starve the people of the Gaza Strip. It is against international law. It's morally wrong. It's dangerous. I don't think it's in Israel's own interest.