The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza began moving ashore on Friday via the temporary pier built by the United States.

The trucks drove off the pier at about 9am local time, the US military’s Central Command said on Friday.

No US troops went ashore in Gaza, it added.

“This is an ongoing, multinational effort to deliver additional aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza via a maritime corridor that is entirely humanitarian in nature, and will involve aid commodities donated by a number of countries and humanitarian organisations,” it said.

This is a developing story and will be updated