"We airdropped aid to Gazan civilians and we called on other nations to join us. Some have already done so," the PMO added.

Airdropped aid continued to fall in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday with desperate Palestinians struggling to collect what they could.

A United Nations-backed group says "the worst case scenario of famine" is unfolding in Gaza. Under international pressure, Israel has paused military operations for 10 hours a day to allow aid delivery by land and air in Gaza.

Thirteen-year-old Ahmad Zayed breaks down in Gaza City as he mourns his father, one of dozens killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire in the Gaza Strip.View on euronews

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Its count doesn’t distinguish between fighters and civilians. The ministry operates under the Hamas government. The U.N. and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties.

Humanitarian aid has entered the Gaza Strip for a fourth consecutive day, as Israeli authorities face mounting pressure to ease the catastrophic conditions for Palestinians there. The Israeli military body COGAT said 220 aid trucks crossed into the sealed-off coastal strip on Wednesday and were awaiting distribution.

Gaza’s population is facing the “worst-case scenario of famine” and “widespread death” will occur without immediate action, the leading international authority on food crises has warned