UN says it has received permission to bring 100 trucks of aid into Gaza today

The United Nations has received permission from Israel for about 100 more aid trucks to enter Gaza today, a spokesperson for its humanitarian office says.

“We have requested and received approval for more trucks to enter today, many more than were approved yesterday,” Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office tells a Geneva press briefing.

Asked to specify how many, he says “around 100.”

After an 11-week Israeli blockade, Israel cleared nine aid trucks on Monday to enter Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing, although Laerke said just five of those entered Gaza.

“The next step is to collect them, and then they will be distributed through the existing system, the one that has proven itself,” says Laerke, adding that those trucks contained baby food and nutritional products for children.