8 hours ago150 aid trucks gathered in Gaza, UN says insufficient to feed population
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)In the Gaza Strip, American Middle East envoy Steve Whitoff is located in Italy, where he is meeting with Israeli and Qatar officials to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Discussions include a 60-day ceasefire, the greatest relief of humanitarian aid and release of hostages [...]
Discussions include a 60-day ceasefire, greater relief of humanitarian aid and the release of Israeli hostages.
The Israeli government says it has received Hamas' answer to its ceasefire proposal and is examining it, but the exact details of this proposal are not yet known.
Meanwhile, the UN Humanitarian Agency, O CHA, has warned that the aid arriving in Gaza is very few for the scale of the humanitarian crisis. They stress that the hunger crisis is very serious, and many civilians are at risk even trying to get help.
Israel has charged O CHA for prejudice, while Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said there are “evidence of links to the OCHA with Hamas”. As a result, Israel has launched measures to limit OCHA's activity, including staff verification and refusal to renew the visa for their office chief.
On the other hand, O CHA says UN Secretary General Antónnio Guterres has full confidence in their work and impartiality.
According to an Israeli branch report on logistics co-ordination (Cogat), 70 trucks with aid at the Gaza distribution points were fired on Wednesday, while 150 trucks were collected from organisations inside Gaza. More than 800 other trucks are waiting to be collected.
But the UN and humanitarian organisations say that to meet the needs of the population of two million people in Gaza, around 500 to 600 trucks of aid are needed a day.
The biggest challenges remain military conflicts, heavily damaged roads, fuel shortages, and the risk of civilians being hit during efforts to get aid. /Periscope/
