Another 260 aid trucks have entered Gaza, Israel reports

Over 250 lorries carrying aid entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Israeli military, three days after it began increasing the flow of supplies into the embattled Palestinian territory amid an outcry over reports of imminent famine.

“An additional 260 trucks entered Gaza and are now awaiting collection and distribution, along with hundreds of others still queued for UN pickup,” COGAT, the Israeli military authority responsible for approving and coordinating aid transports, wrote on X.

On Monday, more than 200 lorries carrying supplies entered the sealed-off coastal area, according to the agency, who said the aid had been picked up and distributed to the population by UN and other aid groups.

Israel allowed large-scale aid deliveries into Gaza for the first time in months on Sunday, announcing daily “humanitarian” pauses in fighting in three areas in the strip to enable aid convoys to safely reach civilians.

Eyewitnesses and volunteers reported chaotic scenes as the food arrived, as many Gazans have been forced to survive on less than one meal a day.

Many lorries were looted by crowds of people before they could reach the warehouses, they said, with some of the goods reportedly sold at street markets.

Observers attribute these conditions to the collapse of the social order in the ravaged territory, which they say have been exacerbated by Israel’s blockade.

More than 100 people are said to have died of malnutrition since Israel began severely limiting the influx of aid in March.

UN and other aid organizations have warned that famine is imminent, with governments around the world also urging the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow more aid into Gaza and end the war.