Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent days as Israel has intensified air strikes, the Hamas-run health ministry says.

Israel says it will allow "basic" amounts of food into Gaza after increasing international pressure and warnings of famine.

Israel and the United Nations say the first aid trucks have entered Gaza following nearly three months of Israel’s complete blockade

Israel announces that it will allow some aid into Gaza, after a nearly three-month blockade. It also says it has begun 'extensive' new ground operations.

Despite the announcement, no aid had entered Gaza by mid-afternoon Monday. Aid trucks that were briefly parked on the Israeli side of a border crossing turned back and drove away.

The prime minister said that while Israel plans to take “all” of Gaza, he had to prevent mass starvation there for “practical and diplomatic reasons.”

After a nearly three-month blockade and warnings by global experts of impeding famine, Israel says it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza even as it launches “extensive” new ground operations there.