The UN suspends the distribution of food aid in northern Gaza - War in the Middle East. A delegation from the United States House of Representatives led by Adam Smith, Democrat head of the Armed Services Committee, was received today in Egypt by the governor of North Sinai.

A high-level Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo this morning, aboard a private plane from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, for talks on the situation in the Gaza Strip. The aid arriving in North Sinai - explained Shousha - is stored in a series of equipped logistics warehouses.