The Israeli military allowed on Thursday food and fuel supplies to enter the besieged Gaza Strip.

According to local sources the army allowed 90 trucks of food into the coastal region and supplied the only power plant in Gaza with fuel needed to generate electricity.

In addition the military allowed on truck load of flowers to leave the Gaza Strip.

Israel placed the Gaza Strip under siege on June of 2007. Since then the military rarely allow supplies into the region rendering the 1.5 million Palestinians living their in short of food, fuel and medical supplies.