Aid from new pier off Gaza should be distributed this weekend

Lorries loaded with humanitarian aid cross the pier before arriving on the beach in the Gaza Strip (Staff Sgt Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/US Army via AP)

The first distribution of badly needed aid is expected to begin this weekend after rolling off a newly built US pier off the coast of Gaza.

It is expected even as aid workers warn much more access is needed to the besieged territory where famine might be under way.