More than 630 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council, with at least 300 of those trucks going to the enclave's north,

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the start of the ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. In a social media post, Antonio Guterres said UN stands ready to scale up the delivery of sustained humanitarian relief to the countless Palestinians who continue to suffer.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a long-awaited truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect, the United Nations said.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed support on Sunday for the implementation of a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. "I welcome the start of the implementation of the ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza," Guterres stated in a post on X.

A cease-fire agreement between Israel and terrorist group Hamas began Sunday with the release of three Israeli hostages, in exchange for some 90 Palestinian prisoners in.

The flow of aid into Gaza could take time to ramp up, chief of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband said on Monday, as relief trucks conducted a second day of deliveries following the start of the ceasefire.

The United Nations’ World Food Program said trucks carrying aid started entering Gaza on Sunday through two crossings, after the ceasefire took hold.

Around 220 aid trucks were sent from Egypt towards the Gaza Strip on Monday, the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. An Egyptian Red Crescent official in North Sinai said the trucks include 10 carrying fuel.