There is growing international pressure on Israel as a dire humanitarian situation continues to unfold in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that there was "real starvation" in Gaza - a break from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who had insisted there was not, BBC reports.
For the past two days, Israel has announced 10-hour "tactical pauses" in its military operations to allow more aid into the territory.
It says more than 200 aid trucks were collected and distributed yesterday by the UN and other international agencies, and that an additional 260 trucks entered Gaza and are awaiting collection, in addition to air drops.
The UN has said at least 500 trucks are needed a day, and although it has welcomed recent measures to increase the flow of aid, it says the levels over the past few days have not been enough.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will convene his cabinet today to discuss the situation, and Foreign Secretary David Lammy is expected to address the United Nations in New York.
