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The deaths of dozens of people amid a rush for aid trucks in Gaza City showed the degree of hunger in the territory.

U.S. Air Force cargo planes dropped 36,800 ready-to-eat meals, in a joint operation with the Jordanian Air Force, but a Pentagon spokesman said were no plans to put U.S. forces on the ground.

U.S. Air Force cargo planes dropped 36,800 ready-to-eat meals, in a joint operation with the Jordanian Air Force, but a Pentagon spokesman said were no plans to put U.S. forces on the ground.

Obstacles at two border crossings are exacerbating a growing humanitarian crisis, according to two U.S. senators and officials with the U.N. and other groups.

The organization founded by the celebrity Spanish chef has served more than 32 million meals in Gaza, and he hopes to do more.

Nearly 10 days after Israel began a military operation in the southernmost city of Gaza, aid trucks are backed up at the border.

“Gaza right now is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a humanitarian worker,” a spokeswoman for Save the Children said after a strike killed World Central Kitchen workers.

Food, water and other supplies are expected to begin to flow through the pier again “in the coming days,” the U.S. military said.

Hundreds of truckloads of food, fuel and other supplies have arrived in Gaza each day since the cease-fire took effect. But the need is vast after 15 months of war.

If confirmed, the deaths would underscore the dangers and difficulties of relying on airdrops to get food to people facing severe hunger in northern Gaza after five months of war.