The Israeli army has said World Food Programme aid that arrived via the Ashdod port has entered the besieged Gaza Strip through an Israeli land crossing, AFP reports.

It would mark the first time Israel has allowed a UN agency to get aid to Gaza via the port since announcing it would open earlier this month.

“Eight World Food Programme trucks of flour entered the Gaza Strip from the Ashdod port today,” the army said in a statement.

“The trucks underwent a thorough security inspection at the Ashdod port,” the Israeli army said. “They were then admitted into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing.”

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