Aid agencies have collected aid from about 90 trucks out of nearly 200 that have entered Gaza since Israel began allowing limited imports earlier this week, according to the United Nations.
UN humanitarian agency OCHA spokesman Jens Lerke said the incoming trucks were carrying medicine, wheat flour and food.
Mr. Lärke added that humanitarian organizations faced significant difficulties in distributing aid due to insecurity, the risk of looting and problems coordinating with Israeli authorities.
Under international pressure, Israel has allowed dozens of trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza after blocking all supplies of food, medicine, fuel and other materials for nearly three months.
However, the cargo remained on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing on the Gaza side.
Also on Thursday, world leaders responded to the shooting of two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington the day before.
Israeli and US officials described the attack as the latest in a growing wave of anti-Semitism as Israel intensifies its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Japan's Foreign Ministry said it had lodged a “serious protest” with Israel after its military fired warning shots at a diplomatic delegation, including Japanese diplomats, visiting a refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi summoned Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen to demand a full explanation and preventive measures.
Mr Fukakoshi told Mr Gilad that the incident was “deeply regrettable and should not have happened”.
Mr Funakoshi also reiterated Japan's grave concerns over Israel's attempt to reoccupy the Gaza Strip and its expanding military operations, calling on the country to allow the full and immediate resumption of aid to Gaza, the Foreign Ministry said.
Mr Funakoshi also expressed condolences over the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington, D.C., saying “terrorism cannot be tolerated anywhere in the world.”
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