Israel has said it will allow limited food supply to Gaza as it announced a reinforced ground offensive against the abused Palestinian enclave.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that pressure from allies was the move. Later the previous day, his office said Israel would go into the Gaza Strip for some food under the Army's "recommendation".
The news came shortly after the Israeli military launched "extensive ground operations" and it was reported that more than 150 people were killed in the past 24 hours.
"Israel will provide basic food to the population to ensure there is no hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip," Netanyahu's office said in a statement late Sunday.
The announcement was a heightened pressure on international pressure on Israel, requiring them to lift a two-month siege that threatened the widespread famine of the encircled territory.
Netanyahu said in a video speech on Monday that the move happened after "allies" expressed concern about "hungry images."
He said Israel’s “greatest friend in the world” did not mention a particular country, saying, “There is one thing we can’t stand. We can’t accept the image of hunger, mass hunger. We can’t stand it. We will not be able to support you.”
"So, to win, we need to solve this problem somehow," Netanyahu said.
He said aid entering Gaza would be "minimum" without specifying exactly when supplies will resume.
Tom Fletcher, spokesman for UN Aid Head Tom Fletcher, confirmed that the agency had been in contact with “resuming limited aid delivery” by Israel, adding that discussions on logistics are underway “in view of the conditions on the ground.”
According to Al Jazeera Arabic, Gaza Health Minister Director-General Munir Al-Bursh said that the Palestinian authorities have not been told when the border will be opened.
Netanyahu's far-right allies remain opposed to allowing any supplies to Gaza, insisting that military power and hunger will ensure victory over Hamas.
National Security Minister Itama Ben-Gvir made a decision to send limited food into the enclave as a "seriously wrong"
The legacy minister from Ben-Gvir's party, Amichai Eliyahu, denounced the plan as a "tragedy", which he said was directly undermining the "war efforts" in Gaza.
Israel has been accused of weapon starvation and has used the blockade to try to clean the enclave.
Despite the blockade and intensified military offensives, sources on both sides told Reuters that no progress has been made in a new round of indirect negotiations between Qatar, Israel and Hamas.
Netanyahu said the negotiations included discussions about the armistice and deals about captives, as well as proposals to end the war in exchange for Hamas' exile and the non-military of the enclave - which Hamas had previously refused.
The Israeli military suggested in a later statement that it could still expand operations to help reach an agreement in Qatar.
However, Netanyahu stressed in his video speech that the purpose of strengthening the offensive was to allow Israeli forces to "control all Gaza."
"The battle is fierce and we are making progress. We will control all the territory of the Avenue," he said. "We will not give up. But to succeed, we must act in ways that cannot be stopped."
Over the past week, the Israeli military said it had conducted a preliminary strike on more than 670 Hamas targets in Gaza. It says it killed dozens of Hamas fighters.
Gaza's Ministry of Health said on Sunday to Sunday that at least 464 Palestinians were killed, many of them women and children.
On Monday morning, sources told Al Jazeera that at least 23 Palestinians have been killed on Gaza streets since dawn, including five near Al-Faluja market in Jabalia and six in Khan Younis.
There are also reports of Israeli attacks in and around Nasser Medical Complex, as well as targeting the intensive care unit of Indonesian hospitals, with at least 55 people trapped, including four doctors and eight nurses.