The Israeli Defence Ministry agency that oversees the occupied Palestinian territory has claimed that 234 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Thursday, Al Jazeera reports.

The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (Cogat) said 206 trucks arrived through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing in southern Gaza and 28 through the Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing in the north. Trucks arrived from Israel, Egypt and the Ashdod port, it said.

Cogat also claimed that of the 105 truckloads of goods that were collected from the Gaza side of Karem Abu Salem, 100 were retrieved by the private sector and only five by UN agencies. It added that about 490 truckloads of goods are waiting to be collected, 420 of which are for UN aid.

The UN and other international organisations, however, continue to report Israeli restrictions on aid delivery to Gaza.