In the first “humanitarian pause,” Israel said 120 trucks of aid entered Gaza on Monday and were taken by the United Nations to be distributed. Previously, Israel said the U.N. was unwilling to distribute aid, while the U.N. said Israel had declined to release it or safeguard its distribution.

A long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, U.N. agencies said on Monday after mounting pressure prompted Israel to ease restrictions in the Palestinian...

The IDF also announced that it would allow a 'tactical pause in military activity' in some areas and set up 'designated humanitarian corridors… to refute the false claim on international starvation.'...