US EditionFirst aid trucks enter Gaza after almost three-month Israeli blockade, UN says
- Five aid trucks carrying baby food and essential supplies entered Gaza on Monday via the Kerem Shalom crossing after nearly three months of Israeli blockade.
- Israel resumed minimal aid under mounting pressure from allies, including the United States, who opposed showing images of hunger amid Israel's new military offensive.
- The blockade cut off food, medicine, and supplies to Gaza’s population of over 2 million, while UN agencies expect aid could be looted given chaotic ground conditions.
- UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called the truck entry a “welcome development” but described it as a “drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed.”
- The limited aid delivery and ongoing military operations have drawn sharp international criticism and threats of sanctions, while the humanitarian crisis and displacement worsen in Gaza.
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MSF: Traumatized Gazan Children Tell Aid Workers They’d Prefer to Die
At the U.N. Security Council, the head of Doctors Without Borders blasted the U.S. for its repeated vetoes of Gaza ceasefire resolutions. MSF Secretary General Christopher Lockyear addressed the 15-member U.N. body Thursday. Christopher Lockyear: “Children who do survive this war will not only bear the visible wounds of traumatic injuries, but the invisible ones, too: those of repeated displacements, constant fear and witnessing family members l…
Aid Trucks Finally Enter Gaza, at the Drop
On Monday, the Israeli government announced the partial resumption of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, before a new mechanism was put in place, with, according to our information, very restrictive conditions. It took international pressure to alleviate them. A few trucks entered the evening of Wednesday.
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