The United Nations and the international Red Cross called on Tuesday for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow desperately needed aid into the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory.

The fragile truce in war-ravaged Gaza, introduced under US President Donald Trump's plan, needs to see crossings opened to flood the famine-hit territory with aid, they said.

"That's what humanitarians, including ICRC, have been calling for in the last hours -- making sure that, because of the huge needs, all entry points can be open," International Committee of the Red Cross spokesman Christian Cardon told reporters in Geneva.

Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, added: "We need all of them open."

He acknowledged that not all of the crossings were currently "functional", wi

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