Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called for re-opening the Rafah gate, warning the closure of the crossing between Gaza and Egypt is jeopardising the humanitarian response to the crisis, Al Jazeera reports.

It warned water, food and medicine in Gaza are reaching “dangerously low” levels and urged protecting civilians in Rafah.

“Everything that is vital for daily life is not entering anymore: no humanitarian aid, no medical supplies, no food, no fuel,” Aurelie Godard, MSF medical team leader in Gaza, said in a statement.

“After seven months of war, which has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes, the decision to close this crossing further exacerbates the already dire living conditions for people trapped in Gaza.”