US Ambassador Mike Huckabee announced a plan to expand aid distribution operations in the Gaza Strip early on Thursday morning.
The US plans to finance the new aid distribution centers, which will expand from the current four to a total of 16 new points where Gazans will be able to pick up aid.
The news comes as Israel announced plans to ramp up aid distribution in the Strip by either funding the Gaza Humanitarian Fundation (GHF) or allowing foreign countries to send supplies.
“The administration intends to significantly ramp up the amount of humanitarian aid being distributed,” a source familiar with the talks told the Post on Wednesday.
International pressure and aid drops in Gaza
The news comes as pressure over Gaza aid intensifies and more countries collaborate in sending food and medical supplies to the strip, including by airdrops.
"In accordance with the directives from the political echelon, and as part of the cooperation between Israel, the UAE, Jordan, Germany, Belgium, and France, the IDF, led by COGAT, is continuing the series of actions aimed at improving the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip," the IDF Spokesperson Unit said on Wednesday.
"Over the past few hours, 107 aid packages, containing food for the residents of the Gaza Strip, were airdropped by five different countries," added the statement.
The first of these aid drops, done last Friday, was executed in coordination with France, Germany, and Spain, with 126 pallets of food and medical supplies dropped into the Gaza Strip by air.