JAKARTA - Israel claims to allow 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food, and medical equipment to enter the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, UN officials reported distribution issues causing no aid to reach people in need.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be open to a temporary ceasefire to allow the hostages to be repatriated. However, Netanyahu said he would continue with military operations to gain full control of Gaza.
After an 11-week blockade on supplies entering Gaza, the Israeli military said a total of 98 aid trucks entered on Monday and Tuesday.
However, the very few supplies have not yet reached public kitchens, bakeries, markets, and hospitals in Gaza, according to aid officials and local bakeries that are ready to receive flour supplies.
"Not a single one of these aids - a very limited number of trucks - has reached the population of Gaza," said Antoine aired, director of the World Food Program (WF).
The blockade has left Gazans fighting desperately to survive, despite growing international and domestic pressure on the Israeli government.
Thousands of tons of food and other important supplies await near crossing points to Gaza, but until they can be distributed safely, about a quarter of the population is still at risk of starvation.
"I've been here since eight in the morning, just to get one plate for six people, while that's not enough for one person," Mahmoud al-Haw said.
UN officials said security concerns had prevented aid from moving out of the logistics center at the Kerem SALom crossing point, but late Wednesday hoped supplies would move more freely.
Nahid Shahaiber, owner of a large transportation company, said 75 flour trucks and more than a dozen other trucks carrying nutritional and sugar supplements were within the southern region of Rafah.
Witnesses said trucks carrying flour had been spotted in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Israel imposed a blockade on all supplies entering Gaza in March, saying Hamas seized supplies aimed at civilians - a charge the group denies.
Under increasing international pressure, Israel has allowed aid deliveries by the United Nations and other aid groups to resume temporarily until new US-backed distribution models use private contractors.
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