As intended, the effect of systematically targeting local police. Desperation has set in.
Lawlessness hampering aid delivery in southern Gaza: Report
Lawlessness is a major obstacle to humanitarian aid distribution for southern and central Gaza, a United Nations official has told The Associated Press (AP) news agency.
Armed men are regularly blocking convoys, holding drivers at gunpoint and rifling through their cargo, according to a UN official who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
An estimated 1.3 million Palestinians – more than half of Gaza’s entire population – who were displaced from Rafah by Israel’s ground invasion of the city are now sheltering in tent camps and cramped apartments without adequate food, water or medical supplies in southern and central Gaza.
UN aid trucks on Salah al-Din Street in the east of Gaza City on Wednesday
US says 656 metric tonnes of aid delivered through humanitarian pier
The Pentagon has said that more than 656 metric tonnes (1.4 million pounds) of aid was delivered through a US-built aid pier off the coast of Gaza on Thursday, only hours after it resumed operations.
The pier, which was temporarily removed last week due to poor weather conditions, was re-anchored and resumed operations on Wednesday, according to Pentagon press secretary, Pat Ryder.
The faltering $320m project has been widely criticised by aid groups as an ineffective substitute for Israel reopening land, border crossings for humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza.
UN still reviewing whether agencies, staff can use US-built Gaza aid pier
The United Nations is still assessing whether it is safe for UN agencies and personnel to take part in humanitarian aid deliveries using the US military’s pier on Gaza’s coast amid claims the floating dock may have been used by Israeli forces during their bloody June 8 operation to free captives.
There is currently no timeline for completing the assessment, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Thursday, the AP news agency reports.
If the UN Department of Safety and Security decides that staff can resume operations via the pier, “then the World Food Programme stands ready to do so based on its core principles”, Haq said, referring to the UN’s commitment to neutrality and independence in humanitarian activities.
The Israeli operation, which killed more than 270 Palestinian people and injured hundreds more, was linked to the US pier when an Israeli helicopter touched down near the dock to whisk away the four freed Israeli captives and an injured Israeli soldier. Both US and Israeli forces deny the pier played any role in the operation.
Israeli attacks preventing supply deliveries to hospitals
We’re seeing pressure put on healthcare facilities due to the large influx of injuries and casualties from Israeli attacks, and the fact that relentless attacks are taking place near hospitals is causing a great deal of concern and panic.
There is concern for the sustainability of these healthcare facilities as the attacks are preventing the arrival of any basic supplies to these hospitals. They have destroyed infrastructure and roads leading to hospitals, hindering everything and causing delays in the delivery of medical supplies and the movement of ambulances when they are dispatched.
The Israeli attack in the vicinity of Nasser Hospital has caused a great deal of damage to the area, including an evacuation centre, which was previously a UNRWA school.
The attack happened to be livestreamed as many social media activists were present in the area and were able to broadcast the air strike live. There have been a number of casualties brought to the Nasser Hospital in the past half an hour due to the strike.
