Humanitarian aid will be transferred directly to northern Gaza starting tomorrow or in the next few days after the move was approved by the war cabinet last night, Channel 12 reports.
Trucks are currently being processed via the Kerem Shalom Crossing on the southern end of the Strip on the shared border with Egypt.
The report comes amid deepening concern over the growing humanitarian crisis in the war-torn enclave, with aid agencies warning of unprecedented levels of desperation and looming famine.
Israel has defended its track record on allowing aid into Gaza, saying that nearly 14,000 trucks carrying relief supplies had entered the territory since the start of the war.
Israel has also alleged that humanitarian organizations operating inside Gaza are failing to keep up with the pace, saying hundreds of trucks filled with aid sit idle on the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing.
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