More than 2,400 aid trucks enter Gaza under truce

Nearly 900 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas, as a senior U.N. official said so far there had been no apparent law-and-order issues.

The latest arrivals bring the three-day total to more than 2,400 trucks entering the enclave, reuters reports today (January 22).

Throughout the 15-month war, the U.N. has described its humanitarian operation as opportunistic - facing problems with Israel's military operation, access restrictions by Israel into and throughout Gaza and more recently looting by armed gangs.

Muhannad Hadi, the top U.N. aid official for Gaza and the West Bank, said there had been minor incidents of looting in the past three days, but "not like before."

"It's not organized crime. Kids jumped on some trucks trying to take food baskets. There were some other people (who) tried to take some bottled water," he told reporters after visiting the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday.

"Hopefully within few days this will all disappear once the people of Gaza realize that we will have aid enough for everybody."

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 897 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, citing information it received from Israel and the guarantors for the ceasefire agreement - the United States, Egypt and Qatar._Agencies.