"We airdropped aid to Gazan civilians and we called on other nations to join us. Some have already done so," the PMO added.

Airdropped aid continued to fall in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday with desperate Palestinians struggling to collect what they could.

A United Nations-backed group says "the worst case scenario of famine" is unfolding in Gaza. Under international pressure, Israel has paused military operations for 10 hours a day to allow aid delivery by land and air in Gaza.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Its count doesn’t distinguish between fighters and civilians. The ministry operates under the Hamas government. The U.N. and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties.

At least 48 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for food at a crossing in the Gaza Strip. That's according to a local hospital that received the casualties on Wednesday.

The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.

GENEVA (Reuters) -A global hunger monitor said on Tuesday that a famine scenario was unfolding in the Gaza Strip, with malnutrition soaring, children under five dying of hunger-related causes and humanitarian access severely restricted.