Conflicting accounts emerge about aid entering Gaza for the first time since March.

Conflicting accounts loomed over the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip on Monday. While the United Nations said Israel allowed nine trucks into the Strip, Israel reported that it only allowed five trucks in. Meanwhile, the government media office in Gaza denied that any aid had entered, amid a tightening blockade and systematic starvation that has gripped the Strip for more than 80 days.

While the United Nations, through its Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, stated that Israeli authorities had temporarily allowed it to resume aid deliveries, explaining that "nine humanitarian trucks were authorized to enter through the Kerem Shalom crossing." Fletcher added that "this is a welcome development, but it is not enough, as it represents a drop in the ocean of urgent needs."

Meanwhile, the Israeli authorities, through their coordinator of activities in the Palestinian territories, Ghassan Alian, stated that five UN trucks were allowed to enter the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. He noted that the trucks were loaded with humanitarian aid, including food supplies for children, "based on directives from the political level."

Alian added that the aid was subjected to a thorough security inspection by the Israeli crossings authority, stressing that "the Israeli army will do its utmost to prevent the aid from falling into the hands of Hamas and to ensure its delivery to the civilian population," he said.

However, these statements contradict the announcement made by the government media office in Gaza, which confirmed that "Israel has not allowed any humanitarian aid into the Strip for nearly 80 days," warning of "systematic starvation threatening the lives of more than 2.4 million Palestinians."

This comes after the Security Cabinet approved the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza on Saturday evening, following a more than two-month hiatus since the resumption of the war on the Strip, due to intense US pressure on Tel Aviv.

Since March 2, Israel has pursued a policy of systematic starvation against approximately 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza by closing the crossings to aid supplies piling up at the border, plunging the Strip into famine and claiming many lives.