Aid has been dropped using parachutes from an aircraft flying over the Gaza.

The delivery came after US President Joe Biden announced that the military will set up a temporary port off the region’s Mediterranean coast to support deliveries.

Efforts to ramp up aid deliveries have jumped dramatically as frustration in the United States and Europe over Israel’s conduct in the war grows. 

Aid flow into Gaza has dropped sharply since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago.

Over the past days, trucks carrying products including food, bottled water, cooking oil and flour have been moving from Egypt through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings.

Mr Biden’s announcement of the seaport plan underscored how the United States is having to go around Israel, its main Middle East ally, to get aid into Gaza, including through airdrops that started last week.

It comes as concerns over a potential famine continue to rise, with the region’s health ministry reporting at least 20 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration at the north’s Kamal Adwan and Shifa hospitals.