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This explains the contradiction between trucks actually entering Gaza and IDF claims on how many they cleared for entry. Scummy accounting by COGAT.
UN contradicts Israeli claim that it is allowing more aid to enter Gaza
We have more from the OCHA spokesman. Laerke disputed Israeli claims that it is allowing more aid into the besieged coastal enclave:
- He pointed out that the trucks screened by the Israeli government office that coordinates aid entry were “typically only half-full. That is a requirement that they have put in place for screening purposes”.
- The trucks are then reloaded, filling them up fully, before moving on to the warehouses. “Already there, the numbers will never match up,” Laerke said.
- He also said that “counting day to day and comparing makes little sense because it does not take into account the delays that happen at the crossing and the further movement to warehouses”.
- He pointed to delays linked to the crossing point opening hours and the fact that Israel has barred Egyptian drivers and trucks from being in the same area at the same time as Palestinian drivers and trucks. “That means there’s not a smooth handover.”
- While Israel complains about UN distribution, “Half of the convoys that we were trying to send to the north with food [in March] were denied by the very same Israeli authorities.”
Relief agencies dispute Israeli claim Gaza aid moving quicker
Israel has said 419 trucks – the highest since the war on the besieged coastal enclave began – entered on Monday, but the Red Crescent and United Nations gave much lower figures, with the latter saying many vehicles were only half full because of Israeli inspection rules.
Red Crescent officials in Egypt said 350 trucks had crossed from there into Gaza on Monday while UNRWA said 223 trucks had entered, fewer than half the 500 trucks it says are required daily.
UN agency OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke also pointed to severe restrictions on delivery of aid inside Gaza itself last month saying Israel had denied permission for half the convoys it tried sending to the north in March, with UN aid convoys three times more likely to be refused than any other.
Israel said it would open the closed Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing point into northern Gaza from Israel for aid supplies, but none of the trucks that entered on Monday went through that.
So nothing changed yet, only 'creative accounting'
UNRWA unable to bring food to north Gaza since January
In February and March, Israel denied access to 40 percent of all food aid missions in Gaza, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
Access for the UNRWA is particularly strained with Israel blocking all its food convoys since March – and blocking all its food convoys to the north of the enclave since January, the agency said in its latest situation update.
Israel says aid is moving into Gaza more quickly after international pressure to increase access, but the amount is disputed and the United Nations says it is still much less than the bare minimum to meet humanitarian needs.
Fuck the US
‘No evidence’ of Israeli genocide in Gaza: US Pentagon
The United States does not have evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has told a Senate hearing. “We don’t have evidence of that,” Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
During the hearing, Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas asked Austin: “You stand accused by those protesters of greenlighting genocide. Would you like to respond to that accusation?”
Austin replied, “What I would say Senator Cotton from the very beginning is that we are committed to help assist Israel in defending its territory and its people by providing security assistance. And I would remind everybody that you know what happened on October 7 was absolutely horrible.”
Israel’s war on Gaza, launched in response to October 7 attacks by Hamas that killed 1,139 Israelis, has left more than 33,000 Palestinians dead and displaced nearly all of Gaza’s 2.3 million population – events that have led to genocide allegations that Israel denies.
The US is Israel’s biggest military supporter and is accused of complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza.
And the UK
Cameron says UK position on arms sales to Israel ‘unchanged’
The UK foreign secretary, as he concludes his joint press conference with his US counterpart, says his country’s position on arms sales to Israel remains unchanged. “The latest assessment leaves our position on export licences unchanged. This is consistent with the advice that I and other ministers have received,” David Cameron said. “And as ever, we will keep the position under review.”
When asked for more detail by a reporter, Cameron refused to elaborate on what legal advice his government was given when assessing whether or not to restrict arms sales to Israel.
Last week, three former senior UK judges joined more than 600 members of the British legal profession in calling for the government to halt arms sales to Israel. Britain supplied 42 million pounds ($53m) of arms to Israel in 2022.
