No humanitarian aid has been distributed to the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said today, two days after Israel lifted an 11-month blockade it had imposed and began allowing limited distributions into the enclave through the Kerem Shalom border crossing.

“So far … no supplies have managed to leave the Kerem Shalom loading area,” said a spokesman for the UN Stefan Dujarik, adding that this was because the Israeli authorities only allowed access to areas inside Gaza “where we felt it was not safe” and where the possibility of looting was likely due to the prolonged deprivation.