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‘The system works, but it’s not being implemented’: UNICEF
Tess Ingram, spokesperson for UNICEF, says the opening of an additional aid route is key to assisting people in northern Gaza, but a notification and coordination system must also be implemented.
“When we go on a mission, we coordinate with Israel to make sure that they know where we are going and what we are doing and that helps them to follow international humanitarian law and protect us, but at the moment, that system is clearly broken,” Ingram told Al Jazeera from Rafah, in the south of the Strip.
Ingram said the process works in other conflicts around the world, but in Gaza, it’s not being implemented.
“We go on a mission where we are told we would be safe and then we are delayed for hours, our staff is interrogated, they are put in harm’s way or they are killed and that’s not acceptable,” she said.
Palestinians questioning how Beit Hanoon crossing will affect aid flow
With Israel’s announcement it will open the Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing into northern Gaza, Palestinians are waiting to see how many aid convoys will be let into the area, where famine-like conditions are pervasive.
Palestinians are also questioning whether there will be “real, practical mechanisms to increase the capacity” of such aid, reports Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum from Rafah.
Still, the step is being seen in Gaza as a positive sign that could help “partially alleviate” the desperate conditions in the north, Abu Azzoum added.
The Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip
350 aid trucks to enter Gaza daily: Report
Some 250 trucks will pass through the Karem Abu Salem (Karem Shalom) crossing via southern Israel, while 100 will go through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, reports Israeli Army Radio, quoting Israel’s security cabinet.
This would mark a significant increase in the passage of aid trucks, only 200 of which are currently reaching Gaza per day according to Army Radio.
Israel has also announced it will open the Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing into northern Gaza and allow the temporary delivery of aid through the Port of Ashdod.
However 500 daily are needed just to sustain the population, while many more daily are needed to bring the Gaza strip back from imminent famine and restore the health infrastructure and medical needs.
