Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed at least 36 Palestinians. The bloodshed comes a day after Israel eased aid restrictions due to a worsening humanitarian crisis.

The UN has welcomed the pause, which comes as the WHO warns malnutrition has reached "alarming levels" in Gaza.

A long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, U.N. agencies said on Monday after mounting pressure prompted Israel to ease restrictions in the Palestinian enclave.

Spokesperson for the UN Agency OCHA which coordinates humanitarian aid in Gaza, Olga Cherevko, told CNN’s Ben Hunte that she has ‘no words’ when she sees her friends in Gaza as they are in such a desperate state.

Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed at least 34 Palestinians. Israeli strikes have killed at least 34 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said, a day after Israel eased aid restrictions due to a worsening humanitarian crisis.

The Israeli- and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been widely condemned for weaponizing food aid against starving Palestinians.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, July 27 (Reuters) - Israel on Sunday announced a halt in military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza and new aid corridors as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates airdropped supplies into the enclave, where images of starving Palestinians have alarmed the world.

UAE and Jordan carried out on Sunday the first airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza in months. One Emirati and two Jordanian military planes took off from Jordan loaded with 25 tonnes of humanitarian and relief aid which was dropped over Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it would begin a scheduled "tactical" pause of its military activities in three areas in Gaza, as it opens aid corridors to allow food and medicine into the enclave.

As starvation rises in Gaza, prompting global outrage, Israel’s military said it would restart airborne aid delivery there and make land deliveries less dangerous.

The Israeli military has begun a new 10-hour pause in fighting today to allow aid in, but the UN and aid agencies warn more supplies are needed to stave off famine in the enclave. Follow the latest.