The Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civil affairs claims that 122 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip yesterday, Al Jazeera reports.

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) reported that seven tankers of fuel were included, and that 50 trucks entered the northern part of the enclave.

The numbers are far below the figures deemed necessary to support the besieged and displaced population of Gaza. The announcement comes as the US set a deadline for Israel last month to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza — which passed without repercussions.

Last night, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a post on X that “aid is outrageously being blocked” by Israel amid “gigantic humanitarian needs in Gaza”. He emphasised that the crisis is one of political will, and not of logistics, as Israel has been claiming.