Aid trucks in Egypt wait to cross into Gaza after ceasefire announcement

Aid trucks in Egypt wait to cross into Gaza after ceasefire announcement

Everything is in short supply in Gaza: medicine, shelter, food and clean water. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas offers hope, but experts fear that the promised 600 trucks a day will not be enough.

The European Union has been and is the main donor to Gaza. And so it seems that it will continue to be after the fragile agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip closed on Wednesday between Hamas and Israel. This Thursday, a day after that announcement, the European Commission has announced that it will send 120 million euros in humanitarian aid. This sum, added to what has already been allocated since the conflict began, amounts to more than…

While it offers the population a necessary respite, the truce will not be enough to solve the immense humanitarian challenges and the distress of the inhabitants of Gaza, traumatized by fifteen months of conflict, believes the emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières Caroline Seguin.

While Gazans have already begun celebrating the approaching ceasefire, UN agencies cautiously see hope — but also an immense and difficult relief project ahead. — The thing is that the needs are really huge, enormous. It's beyond what you can imagine,” said Kazem Abu Khalaf at Unicef.

Several humanitarian organizations plan to rapidly expand their operations in the Gaza Strip as soon as the new ceasefire comes into force, they said on Wednesday....