Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will dispatch on Monday 100 tons of humanitarian aid supplies for Palestine, the authority said.

The development came days after Israel's military said it will open humanitarian corridors to allow aid convoys into the Gaza Strip, following an international outcry stoked by images of malnourished children in a deepening hunger crisis

Nearly 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip while waiting for aid since May 27, the majority by the Israeli army, the United Nations said on Friday. The Israeli army denies any targeting, insisting it only fires "warning shots" when people approach too close to its positions.

The NDMA said a dedicated relief flight...