British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that more aid trucks must be able to enter Gaza and an immediate humanitarian pause is needed to help those trapped in a “desperate situation”, Reuters reports.

Cameron announced Britain and Qatar are working together to get more aid into Gaza, with a first joint consignment containing tents being flown into Egypt before travelling by road to Gaza.

“The scale of suffering in Gaza is unimaginable. More must be done, faster, to help people trapped in this desperate situation,” Cameron said.

“We have trebled our assistance for Gaza […] But our efforts will only make a difference if aid gets to those who need it most,” Cameron said.

“As I said to PM Netanyahu […] far more trucks need to be able to enter Gaza and more crossings need to open. We need an immediate humanitarian pause to get aid in and hostages out, followed by a sustainable ceasefire,” Cameron added.

Cameron pushed Israeli leaders for the port of Ashdod to be used for the delivery of aid into Gaza, his office said.