US EditionMiddle East: UN Faces Difficult Task Delivering Aid to Gaza
UN chief calls for opening all Gaza crossings to increase aid flow as thousands remain homeless and medical care is scarce, with aid trucks entering via limited points.
- On Thursday, Tom Fletcher, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief, urged Israel to open all Gaza Strip crossings to move piled-up supplies.
- After Oct. 7, 2023, Israel remained distrustful of Hamas, and logistics and security officials say these hurdles have constrained crossing openings.
- Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday, with shipments moving through Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel and Kissufim crossing , as Tom Fletcher called for `thousands of trucks a week` to scale deliveries.
- Aid arrivals have alleviated some needs, yet groups inside Gaza urged faster operations as Ismail Al-Thawabta called deliveries a `drop in the ocean` amid nearly 68,000 deaths.
- Israel says it will open Rafah only for people and not for aid, citing political and technical interlocutors, while Tom Fletcher remains optimistic but says more work is needed to widen crossings.
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Five hundred and sixty tons of food a day. On average, the United Nations Food Programme has managed to bring into Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last Friday. A good start, the markets in southern Gaza are beginning to receive its food, which is still out of reach for many people. To make the difference, we must open all the crossings in Gaza, the WFP spokesman said this Friday, October 17.
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The United Nations (UN) warned on Friday that it will take time to stop the famine in the Gaza Strip, saying all border crossings must be opened to allow food to "flood" the Strip.
The World Food Programme has warned Friday that it will take time to stop the famine in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian conditions remain critical. The UN agency calls for the opening of all crossings to flood the food territory. ...
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The United Nations humanitarian relief chief is urging Israel to open up all entrances to Gaza to allow a surge of aid into the territory. Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief spoke to CBC News from El-Arish, Egypt after visiting the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza.
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UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless all border crossings are opened, particularly in the north where famine was declared in August.
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