Over 250 lorries carrying aid entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Israeli military, three days after it began increasing the flow of supplies into the embattled Palestinian territory amid an outcry over reports of imminent famine.

Women and children make up roughly half the total, which doesn't include people who've died of hunger-related illness.

Hamas is attempting to leverage the success of the starvation campaign in Gaza to escalate protest activities against Israel worldwide.

A U.N.-backed group’s finding is the most dire assessment of the enclave’s deepening hunger crisis since the war began.

Israel ended a truce in Gaza in March, hoping to break Hamas. The move has heightened suffering for Palestinians but achieved few, if any, Israeli goals.

Friedrich Merz confirms that 2 German aircraft may begin airdropping humanitarian aid from Jordan into Gaza as early as Wednesday - Anadolu Ajansı

The Israeli military has announced a "tactical pause" in fighting in Muwasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City to address a worsening humanitarian situation.

The ministry's statement on Tuesday did not say how many were civilians or militants, but it has said women and children make up around half the dead.

The UK is set to join Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in airdropping aid into Gaza as starvation and malnutrition have reached perilous levels in the war-torn strip. Following pressure from the international community,