The UN's aid chief Tom Fletcher made the remarks as Israel began limited pauses in fighting in Gaza for 10 hours a day to address the humanitarian situation.

Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks face challenges over aid distribution as tensions rise between the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and U.N. regarding humanitarian assistance.

A nonymous IDF officials claimed there was no evidence to suggest that Hamas routinely stole humanitarian aid, the New York Times reported on Saturday, while denying the Israeli military ever published proof that the Palestinian terror group systematically looted humanitarian resources.

An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.

Israel has long restricted aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population. On Saturday, the Israeli military announced new airdrops of aid.