JERUSALEM  Israel has broadened the variety of foods allowed through its land crossings into Gaza, officials on both sides said on Wednesday, but Israel denied that this signaled any change in policy toward the Hamas-run enclave as a result of international pressure.

World leaders have been calling on Israel to lift or significantly ease its blockade of Gaza after an Israeli commando raid on a boat trying to breach the naval blockade turned into a violent clash and left nine activists dead in late May.

In the last few days Israel has added juices and preserves to the basic supplies it allows into the Palestinian coastal territory, and it has recently started allowing in jam, halva and other sweet snacks.

Israel rejected any suggestion it acted under pressure, however. An Israeli security official, speaking on condition of anonymity under army rules, said the broadening of the list of supplies was “the continuation of a process” ongoing for months.