United Nations: 915 aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that 915 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip yesterday, Monday, the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian territories after a 15-month war.
The office quoted its statement from information it received from the Israeli authorities and the guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, Egypt, the United States, and Qatar.
The United Nations stated, yesterday, Sunday, that About 630 aid trucks entered the Palestinian Strip, including at least 300 to the north, where experts warned of a looming famine.
The ceasefire agreement requires allowing 600 trucks to enter. Loaded with aid to Gaza every day of the first phase of the ceasefire, which will last six weeks, including 50 trucks loaded with fuel, and half of the 600 aid trucks will be delivered to northern Gaza.
Data from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees showed Palestinians (UNRWA) 2,892 aid trucks entered Gaza in December. The aid is dropped on the Gaza side of the border, where the United Nations picks it up and distributes it.
OCHA data shows that 2,230 aid trucks – an average of 72 trucks per day – were picked up in December, while the daily average was 51 as of January 1 To the fifth of the month.
Israel destroyed a large part of Gaza, and the population of the Strip, which numbered 2.3 million people before the war, was displaced several times. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres described the humanitarian situation as “catastrophic.”
Guterres informed the UN Security Council, on Monday, that the United Nations still faces “major obstacles, challenges and restrictions,” explaining that the international organization and relief groups The private sector needs quick, safe and unhindered access to various areas of the sector.
He added before the 15-member council: “Visas and permits must be made available.” and other favorable conditions quickly; To allow for the increase in much-needed relief…we need the necessary technical equipment, protection and communications.”
Guterres said that Israel and Hamas must coordinate with the United Nations in a timely and effective manner so that it can carry out its humanitarian work, Adding: “This also includes restoring public order and safety to prevent the looting of humanitarian supplies.”
He urged countries to receive people in need of medical treatment, also calling for sufficient commercial supplies to enter Gaza and the removal of Explosive ordnance.
Israel says that Hamas killed about 1,200 people in the October 7, 2023 attack that ignited the war, while the Ministry of Health in Gaza indicates that more than 47,000 Palestinians were martyred in the conflict.
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