By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA (Reuters) -A major ramp-up of aid needed to ease famine and suffering in Gaza after two years of war has yet to happen, the Red Cross and U.N. agencies said on Tuesday, as Israeli authorities warned of slower aid flows as the southern Rafah crossing remained shut.

Three Israeli officials said Israel had decided to restrict aid into the shattered Gaza Strip and delay plans to open the border crossing to Egypt at least through Wednesday, because Hamas had been too slow to turn over bodies of dead hostages. The militant group has said locating the bodies is difficult, as not all burial sites amid the widespread rubble of Gaza are known.

CROSSINGS NEED TO OPEN, AID AGENCIES SAY

“We need all crossings open. The longer Rafah stays closed the more t

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