Just 95 aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday: Media Office
Gaza’s Government Media Office has warned of an intensifying humanitarian catastrophe, accusing Israel of deliberately restricting aid and causing instability in the besieged territory.
Only 95 aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday, the office said in a statement, far below the minimum 600 trucks per day needed to meet basic humanitarian needs, according to UNRWA.
The statement said most of the limited aid was looted due to “security chaos being sowed by the Israeli occupation as part of a systematic policy of engineering chaos and starvation”.
“We condemn the continued systematic starvation, closure of crossings, and denial of aid entry, and hold the occupation and its allies fully responsible for the worsening humanitarian disaster affecting more than 2.4 million people,” the office said.
It also called on the international community to act urgently to reopen crossings and ensure the safe, sustained delivery of food, medicine and baby formula to civilians in Gaza.
Aid deliveries average just 85 trucks per day into Gaza
The Government Media Office in Gaza has shared updated figures with Al Jazeera on the number of aid trucks that have entered the Strip since Israel announced it would partially lift restrictions on humanitarian aid deliveries starting on July 27.
Despite that pledge, experts say the total number of trucks over the nine-day period remains far below what Gaza needs to prevent a deepening starvation crisis and the collapse of its devastated healthcare system.
- Sunday, July 27: 73 trucks
- Monday, July 28: 87 trucks
- Tuesday, July 29: 109 trucks
- Wednesday, July 30: 112 trucks
- Thursday, July 31: 104 trucks
- Friday, August 1: 73 trucks
- Saturday, August 2: 36 trucks
- Sunday, August 3: 80 trucks
- Monday, August 4: 95 trucks
In total, only 769 aid trucks have entered Gaza over these 9 days, an average of about 85 trucks per day. According to UNRWA, between 500 and 600 trucks of aid are needed per day to meet basic humanitarian needs in the enclave.
15% of what's needed, far from enough to halt starvation let alone get on the path of recovery. Air drops add(ed) 2-4 trucks at most.
22,000 trucks waiting outside the border.
Mothers plea for food for hungry children in Gaza: Oxfam
Ghada Alhaddad, Oxfam International’s media and communications officer, has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic from Gaza City that the global charity is receiving “pleas from mothers in Gaza to provide food for their hungry children”.
Here are some of the other points she made:
- Israel’s starvation policy in Gaza affects everyone, including medical personnel.
- Israel’s policy of starvation in Gaza has led to the spread of many epidemics.
- Israel’s destruction of agricultural land in Gaza is exacerbating the food shortage disaster.
- Most of the Gaza Strip’s residents have lost their homes and live in dilapidated tents.
Palestinians queue to receive a hot meal in the Gaza Strip
