US EditionUnicef Calls for All Gaza Crossings to Open and for Food Aid to Flow as Ceasefire Begins
UN agencies have 170,000 metric tons of aid ready and warn 50,000 malnourished children face severe risks without immediate access to Gaza crossings.
- On Oct 11, international agencies prepared to pour aid into Gaza as Israeli forces began pulling back, enabling initial access under the ceasefire with Hamas.
- Earlier this year, the UN declared a famine on Aug 22, warning 500,000 faced catastrophic risk as only 20% of aid reached Gaza in recent months, leaving two million with urgent needs.
- About 600 aid trucks are expected to enter Gaza daily, WFP and Israeli COGAT said, with 170,000 tonnes approved for delivery under the first 60 days of the truce.
- UNICEF said its mission waited 15 hours to reach Gaza City amid ongoing airstrikes on Friday, and two babies evacuated from a north Gaza hospital were later reunited with their families.
- Scaling up deliveries is expected early next week, World Food Programme said, contingent on Israeli troop withdrawals to expand humanitarian safe zones as Juliette Touma urged opening all crossing points immediately.
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AlKhaleej TodayAid groups seize on Gaza truce to tackle hunger: ‘At last, the crossing points will open!’
JERUSALEM, Oct 11 — International agencies were preparing today to pour aid into Gaza, hopeful a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will allow them to put an end to the famine haunting parts of the territory.But optimism was marked with caution.The fragile truce could open access, but aid agencies fear Israel may continue to impose restrictions on access under US President Donald Trump’s plan.Logistical hurdles are far from the mind of displaced…
The Trump plan states that "full aid will be immediately delivered to the Gaza Strip" upon the entry into force of the peace agreement. The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs has declared that it has the Israeli green light for 170,000 tons of aid, and that it has a humanitarian response plan for the first sixty days of truce.
Unicef calls for all Gaza crossings to open and for food aid to flow as ceasefire begins
The UN children’s charity Unicef called yesterday for all crossings for food aid into war-shattered Gaza to be opened, saying children in the territory were especially vulnerable because they have gone without proper food for long periods.
Israel and Hamas have announced a ceasefire and are preparing for an exchange of hostages and prisoners, but the truce will not be enough to resolve the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the Palestinian territory devastated by the fighting.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said tonnes of food aid were ready to be delivered to the Gaza Strip from Egypt, Jordan and Israel. The organisation has enough food on hand to cover the needs of around two million people for three months.
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