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Aid Convoys Return to Gaza After 80-Day Blockade
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Following international pressure, Israel has permitted limited aid trucks carrying essential supplies into Gaza; however, humanitarian organizations report that the assistance remains insufficient amid severe malnutrition, especially among children, and logistical challenges hinder effective distribution. Despite the easing of the blockade, the ongoing conflict and infrastructural devastation continue to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis, with warnings of impending famine if substantial relief is not promptly delivered.
In order for us to keep our operational freedom of action, and to allow our best friends to continue to support us, we need to prevent a humanitarian crisis.
This is a critical first step – but assistance must be scaled up. More essential food is needed to push back the risk of famine. Bread alone is not enough for people to survive.
The ongoing displacement of Gaza's population is putting immense pressure on humanitarian teams.
Everywhere you look, people are hungry … They point their fingers to their mouths showing that [they] need something to eat.
In close touch with team in #Gaza. Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again.
To those proposing an alternative modality for aid distribution, let's not waste time: We already have a plan.
We have brought in empty trucks from various places in Gaza to pick up the supplies.
Israeli authorities had only allowed our teams to go through one area where that was highly congested, that we felt was insecure and where we felt looting was highly likely to take place given the prolonged deprivation in Gaza.
None of this aid – that is a very limited number of trucks – has reached the Gaza population.
At market prices in Gaza right now, each truck full of flour is worth around $400,000 (£298,000).
In the last couple of days we lost 29 children.
Israel-Palestine Conflict
- Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 60 people
- Gaza Aid Still Unaccounted For Amid Mounting International Pressure
- Israel's Gaza Offensive Sparks Warnings of Sanctions from UK, France, and Canada
sources
- 1.Al Jazeera
- 2.France 24
- 3.Daily Sabah
- 4.The Times of India
- 5.CNN
- 6.The Washington Post
- 7.DW News
- 8.The Guardian
- 9.BBC
- 10.South China Morning Post
- 11.ABC News
- 12.Agence France-Presse
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 4.British Foreign Policy
- 5.Israel Foreign Policy
- 6.Islamic Terrorism
- 7.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 8.Israel-US Relations
- 9.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 10.Qatar Foreign Policy
countries
- 1.Israel
- 2.Palestine, State of
- 3.Canada
- 4.France
- 5.United Kingdom
- 6.United States
- 7.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 8.Germany
- 9.Lebanon
- 10.Oman
- 11.Qatar
- 12.Saudi Arabia
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.United Nations
- 3.UN World Food Program
- 4.Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
- 5.United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
- 6.UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- 7.European Union
- 8.Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative
- 9.Palestinian Red Crescent
- 10.World Health Organization
- 11.Doctors Without Borders
- 12.Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
persons
- 1.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 2.Majed Abu Ramadan
- 3.Stephane Dujarric
- 4.Tom Fletcher
- 5.António Guterres
- 6.Umm Talal Al-Masri
- 7.Amjad Al-Shawa
- 8.Antoine Renard
- 9.Hossam Abu Aida
- 10.Ina'am Al Burdeini
- 11.Jens Laerke
- 12.Pascale Coissard