US EditionUN says 90 lorry loads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing
- The United Nations reported on Thursday that aid groups have collected humanitarian supplies carried by about 90 trucks now inside Gaza after a three-day delay at the Kerem Shalom crossing.
- Israel maintained a blockade preventing the entry of essentials such as food, medicine, and fuel for almost three months before responding to international pressure by allowing a limited number of aid shipments into Gaza earlier this week.
- Trucks delivering medicine, wheat flour, and nutritional items entered the area, but organizations providing assistance encountered major obstacles in delivering aid due to security concerns, the threat of looting, and difficulties coordinating with Israeli officials.
- Jens Laerke, spokesperson for OCHA, reported that the trucks entering Gaza delivered essential items including medical supplies, flour, and nutritional aid, but UN officials cautioned that this quantity falls far short of addressing the escalating humanitarian needs and displacement challenges in the region.
- The limited aid now entering Gaza implies ongoing humanitarian risks, with UN agencies urging that more supplies be allowed soon to avert a deepening crisis amid intensified Israeli military operations and population displacement.
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Israel has only authorised a 'teaspoon' of aid for Gaza, U.N. chief says
Israel says about 300 trucks of aid have entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing since it lifted an 11-week blockade on Gaza on Monday, but Mr. Guterres said that so far only about a third of those truckloads have been transported from the crossing to warehouses within Gaza due to insecurity
While trucks arrived and bakeries opened, UN says Gaza aid just a drop in the ocean
After 80 days of siege, aid began reaching Gazans on Thursday. Distribution sites mostly in the south received flour, baby food and medical products, but the UN says many Gazans wouldn't feel any improvement anytime soon
More than 90 truckloads of aid have been delivered to the Gaza Strip after an 11-week blockade, amid reports that 29 people in the country have starved to death in two days.
According to the United Nations, after a two-and-a-half-month blockade, relief agencies in the Gaza Strip have returned to receiving aid. A UN spokesman said that around 90 truckloads were picked up at the Kerem-Schalom crossing, but the distribution to the needy population is difficult.
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