Palestinians shop at a makeshift market in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip. AFP
Early in the day, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported that the crossing point would reopen, but humanitarian sources told AFP this had not happened, and a government spokeswoman ignored questions on the subject.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher expressed frustration that the ceasefire, brokered by US President Donald Trump and hailed by world leaders, had yet to facilitate the scale of relief needed in the devastated Palestinian territory.
"As Hamas have agreed, they must make strenuous efforts to return all the bodies of deceased hostages, urgently. I am also gravely concerned by the evidence of violence against civilians in Gaza," Fletcher said.
"As Israel has agreed, they must allow the massive surge of humanitarian aid -- thousands of trucks a week -- on which so many lives depend, and on which the world has insisted. We need more crossings open."
The war sparked on 7 October 2023, led to a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with the densely-populated territory reliant on aid that was heavily restricted, when not cut off outright.
At the end of August, the United Nations declared a famine in Gaza.
The return of aid is listed in Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza.
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