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SvennoJ on 01 May 2024
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163 aid trucks entered Gaza per day on average in April: Government

The Government Media Office in Gaza says there has been a “limited increase” in the number of aid trucks entering the enclave each day in April but the number is still far below the besieged population’s needs.

It said in a statement that 4,887 aid trucks entered Gaza in April, including 1,166 via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, with the rest moving through the Kerem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing with Israel.

The office said only 419 trucks, or 8 percent, made it to northern Gaza, where the needs are most acute and where about 700,000 Palestinians require urgent help. This means an average of 163 trucks per day made it into Gaza, the statement said, which is nowhere near the 1,000 trucks per day needed and far below the 300 to 400 that Israel and the US have been talking about.

“The occupation is still maintaining approximately the same pace and is seeking to convince the world that the reality of introducing aid has changed,” the media office said.

It looks like the Kerem Shalom crossing is blocked again, Zionist protesters likely.






Or it's closed because Blinken is touring there.... (Karem Abu Salem is the Hebrew name for Kerem Shalom)

Blinken tours Karem Abu Salem crossing in Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited an aid inspection point, where aid trucks bound for Gaza are being held by Israel, a process that aid groups have called a major bottleneck.

Sacks of canned chickpeas, rice, potatoes and toilet paper, some marked with the logo of the UN’s World Food Programme or the World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid group sat on pallets waiting to enter Gaza. Soldiers carrying automatic weapons roamed around the area known as an “inspection cell”.

Israel has sought to demonstrate it is not blocking aid to Gaza, especially since President Joe Biden issued a stark warning to Netanyahu, saying Washington’s policy could shift if Israel fails to take steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers.

That move came after seven WCK aid workers were killed by an Israeli attack, increasing anger over the dire conditions for Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel claims the bottleneck of aid deliveries was inside Gaza, not on its side. Aid groups say otherwise.


Blinken says progress on aid to Gaza is real but needs to be accelerated

The US secretary of state says that progress on improving humanitarian access to Gaza is real but, given the immense need in the Palestinian enclave, it needs to be accelerated.

Here are some other comments he made to reporters during his visit to Israel:

  • Israel has made important compromises over a proposal for a deal that would see hostages released in exchange for a ceasefire, but it is up to Hamas to take that deal.
  • The aid pier off the coast of Gaza will be operational in one week.
  • The Beit Hanoon crossing in northern Gaza – known as the Erez crossing to Israelis – has been opened for the first time since the outbreak of the war to allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
  • American flour arrived at the port of Ashdod in preparation for entering Gaza, and the quantity is enough for 2.5 million Palestinians for six months.
  • The United States is working to ensure that the distribution of aid inside Gaza is effective and not obstructed by Hamas.
  • Israel must present a clear humanitarian plan if it wants to proceed with its plan on Rafah; we have not been informed of a plan by Israel on Rafah yet.


More words including lies and empty promises. Get that flour into Gaza asap. And of course water, fuel, salt, oil and ovens to turn it into bread etc. Can't eat raw flour..