A U.S.built pier is in place to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea, but no one will know if the new route will work until a steady stream of deliveries begins reaching starving Palestinians.

U.S. military officials hope to start with about 90 truckloads of aid a day through the sea route, growing quickly to about 150 trucks a day.

International experts say all 2.3 million of Gaza's people are experiencing acute levels of food insecurity, 1.1 million of them at "catastrophic" levels. Power and U.N. World Food Program Director Cindy McCain say north Gaza is in famine.

U.S. officials agree that the pier is only a partial solution at best, and say they are pressing Israel for more.

Meanwhile, Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant said the military would send more troops into Rafah while fighting also rages in northern Gaza, where Hamas has regrouped.

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