Until this week, no commercial or humanitarian supplies had been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, deepening an already catastrophic hunger crisis and sparking widespread condemnation from the international community.

Supplies from only 115 out of 400 trucks have been cleared for collection and distribution in recent days, which UN humanitarians have been describing as a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need.

Speaking to UN News’s Ezzat El-Ferri, Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for aid coordination office OCHA said that “people are dying and are left without aid”.