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Famine fears and the new death toll are grim milestones in a conflict that began almost two years ago when Hamas attacked Israel.

Palestinians in Gaza said aid packages dropped by Israel and other nations on Sunday, and the dozens of aid trucks that entered the enclave are not enough and have yet to reach the population of more than 2 million people.

The local pause in fighting came days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in doubt.

Israel increased aid distribution to Gaza over the weekend in an effort to defuse a growing international outcry over hunger convulsing the shattered Palestinian enclave.

Scores of aid groups say starvation is fast spreading in Gaza, and Israel suspended some military operations to allow the movement of relief convoys.

Since the resumption of aid entry, more than 5,000 trucks of humanitarian aid have been transferred to Gaza. The Egyptian border opened on Monday morning for the first time in several months, allowing dozens of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip to cross into the Kerem Shalom crossing,