Israel approved Egypt's request on Friday to airdrop humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip due to an "urgent need," Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported.
The airdrops are likely to take place already on Friday in southern and central Gaza.
However, KAN reported that no humanitarian aid air drops will be made in Gaza City, to encourage civilians to evacuate the city, which Israel has said it will invade and occupy.
The IDF announced on Friday that it has begun expanding "Crossing 147," which will allow an increase in aid volume to humanitarian zones in Gaza.
In recent days, the military has begun preparing the area, including by paving new routes and expanding the cargo area.
The IDF added that after completing the expansion, the capacity for truck reception at the crossing will increase to 150 trucks per day, around three times the current capacity, and will allow an increase of food aid into humanitarian zones.
In recent weeks, the IDF has destroyed several high-rise buildings in the Gaza City area as it ramps up its planned full-scale invasion of the city.
IDF issues largest evacuation warning to Gaza City yet
The military has also issued several evacuation warnings for Gaza City, including its largest evacuation order yet last Tuesday.
The scope and immediacy of the order signaled that the military’s full-scale invasion may finally be close.
Past evacuation orders were localized in a specific area or used wording that suggested that an invasion was coming soon but was less imminent.
To date, Israeli political and military officials have spent weeks encouraging Palestinian civilians to evacuate Gaza City, but only around 100,000 out of around one million have left, leaving the timing of the invasion in question.
Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report. This is a developing story.