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Most Gaza residents still waiting for a single bag of flour
Gaza’s Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal tells Al Jazeera the ongoing aid shortage is causing “gradual” death across the enclave.
Despite Israel easing its total blockade last week, most residents have yet to receive even a single bag of flour, Basal said. The lack of nutrition is putting children – especially premature infants – at increasing risk, he said.
He estimated 1,000 aid trucks per day are needed to meet basic needs of the Palestinians in Gaza, far more than the roughly 300 trucks Israel claims have entered since the blockade was eased last week.
Basal called for a safe and reliable mechanism for aid deliveries, which he said should be managed by international humanitarian organisations.
Palestinians struggle to get food at a community kitchen in Jabalia in northern Gaza
‘Endless artillery shelling’ hounds Gaza
The situation continues to escalate throughout the Gaza Strip, where at least 30 Palestinians have been killed today. This includes 10 Palestinians killed in the southern part of the Strip and Khan Younis, with multiple homes targeted.
At least eight more people were killed in the middle area where Israeli forces targeted a tent housing a family with kids in Deir el-Balah. The operations director of Gaza’s Civil Defence was also killed in an attack in the central area.
Others were killed in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya, and other parts of northern Gaza.
Israeli forces have used quadcopters for some of these attacks. There has also been endless artillery shelling, especially in the eastern parts of the Strip.
No evidence Hamas is behind looted aid: WFP
The World Food Programme (WFP) has seen no evidence that Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid, the UN organisation’s executive director told US broadcaster CBS.
“No, not at all,” Cindy McCain responded when asked by an interviewer. “Listen, these people are desperate, and they see a World Food Programme truck coming in and they run for it,” she said.
“This doesn’t have anything to do with Hamas or any kind of organised crime, or anything. It has simply to do with the fact that these people are starving to death, and so we will continue to go in.”
