Israel has expressed disappointment with three European nations after they demanded it take urgent action to allow aid into the Gaza Strip, AFP reports.

Britain, France and Germany had written to the Israel government to “urge action on the unacceptable humanitarian situation in Gaza”, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said yesterday.

Israel’s foreign ministry hit back, denying it was imposing any restrictions on the amount of aid entering Gaza.

“Israel is facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and does not impose any restrictions on the quantity of aid entering the Strip,” spokesman Oren Marmorstein said adding international organisations had failed “to distribute the aid due to looting by Hamas”.