JERUSALEM: Israel allowed some basic supplies into Gaza yesterday amid mounting international concern over a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Thirty truckloads of humanitarian and other basic goods were delivered to the Gaza Strip, an Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman said.

The Israeli authorities had previously opened the Kerem Shalom border crossing for only one day since a Nov. 4 surge in violence.

Israeli authorities yesterday also opened the Karni crossing conveyor belt to deliver wheat and grain as well as the Nahal Oz terminal for the delivery of fuel to Gaza’s sole power plant, spokesman Peter Lerner said.

Any decision to open the crossings again today would be subject “to the security situation,” Lerner said.

The closure of the crossings had led to rising international concern over the plight …