The request for the "around 100" trucks comes from the UN, which has received approval from Israel, reports AFP.
We have requested and received approval to bring in more trucks today, many more than yesterday, says Jens Laerke, spokesperson for Ocha, to reporters in Geneva.
We clearly expect many of them, hopefully all, to cross the border today to a place where they can be picked up and brought into the Gaza Strip and distributed.
A spokesperson for Israel's Foreign Ministry says that "dozens" of these trucks with flour, food for soup kitchens, baby food, and medical equipment have begun crossing the border, writes AFP.
Organizations in Gaza have not confirmed that they have received the aid shipments, according to the news agency.
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A few trucks with aid shipments were allowed to cross the border late on Monday. However, they have not yet reached those in need, stated Tom Fletcher in an interview with BBC earlier on Tuesday.
The aid that is now being let in is the first to the Gaza Strip in 11 weeks, since Israel blocked all aid imports at the beginning of March, citing its desire to put further pressure on the terrorist-stamped Hamas. Prior to the outbreak of war in the autumn of 2023, several hundred trucks with humanitarian aid crossed the border daily.
Tom Fletcher now hopes for a significant increase.
We must flood the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid, he says.
I want to save as many of these 14,000 infants as possible within the next 48 hours.
WHO: Millions Starve
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the aid that is now being let into the area should be "minimal" and that it should not benefit Hamas, which governs in Gaza. Israel accuses Hamas of stealing aid, which Hamas denies.
Sweden's Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa (M) says in a written statement to TT that large-scale humanitarian deliveries must be resumed immediately.
"Fully loaded trucks with Swedish support are standing by at the border, while thousands of children on the other side are crying out for help to survive. It is simply completely wrong and despicable."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), recently stated that two million people are starving in Gaza.
