The head of the United Nations' humanitarian aid relief is calling the handful of aid trucks finally allowed into the Gaza Strip, "a drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed." Debora Patta reports on the food crisis.

Despite the announcement, no aid had entered Gaza by mid-afternoon Monday. Aid trucks that were briefly parked on the Israeli side of a border crossing turned back and drove away.

A controversial new American-backed organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has announced it will begin delivering aid to the besieged territory within two weeks and says it has Israel’s approval.

The Israeli military allowed humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time in more than 11 weeks. It came after Britain, France and Canada threatened to sanction Israel if it did not provide assistance.

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night allowed the immediate resumption of humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, for Palestinians in Gaza.

After a nearly three-month blockade and warnings by global experts of impeding famine, Israel says it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza even as it launches “extensive” new ground operations there.

Israel has agreed to allow some food into Gaza before a newly approved mechanism for aid deliveries is up and running later this month, the head of the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation told CNN.

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