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Just 250 aid trucks entered Gaza in past three days: Media Office
Gaza’s Government Media Office says just 250 aid trucks reached the enclave in the past three days, most of which were looted.
That’s far below the 1,800 trucks expected during this timeframe, it said in a statement on Telegram.
In addition, Israeli restrictions have continued to block “vital food items” from being transported in, including eggs, red meat, fish, dairy products, vegetables and nutritional supplements, according to the office.
It went on to say it holds Israel and its allies “fully responsible for the humanitarian catastrophe” and urged “the United Nations, Arab and Islamic countries and the international community to take serious action to open the crossings and ensure the flow of aid, especially food, baby formula and life-saving medicines, and to hold the occupation accountable for its crimes against civilians”.
Palestinians seek aid supplies from trucks that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, August 10
Again, 2,100t of food alone each day (105 trucks) is needed to maintain the current level of starvation, 192 trucks of food alone to meet the daily calorie requirements (1.83kg of food) as calculated by Israel. Far more to reverse starvation, rebuild the health sector and start treating the widespread malnutrition.
But it seems Europe is content with a 38% increase in 'Aid' where a 10x increase is needed.
Israel destroyed nearly 80% of aid facilities in Gaza: Palestinian NGOs Network chief
Since day one of the war on Gaza, Israel has targeted the humanitarian lifelines for Palestinians in the Strip, leaving people across the coastal enclave with very few options for basic needs such as food, medicine or shelter.
“Palestinian civil society organizations have been subjected to numerous attacks, resulting in the killing of 230 aid workers, the injury of hundreds more, and the destruction of nearly 80 percent of their headquarters and humanitarian aid facilities,” Amjad Shawa, director-general of the Palestinian NGOs Network in the Gaza Strip, told Al Jazeera.
“These organisations are also facing a severe financial crisis due to the sharp decline in international funding.”
Meanwhile, Mohammed al-Najjar, representative of the Al-Khair Foundation, said one of the “most serious obstacles” facing the aid group was the “creation of an alternative mechanism for aid delivery, bypassing local humanitarian organisations”.
“This includes entities like the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, supported by Israel and the United States, which aims to privatise aid delivery through private companies and shelters mainly located in southern Gaza,” he said.
Gaza hospital director warns of dire conditions amid limited resources
Dr Suhaib al-Hams, the director of the Kuwait Specialty Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, has spoken to Al Jazeera Arabic about the challenges facing the hospital amid the ongoing Israeli attacks in the enclave.
Here are his translated comments:
- We are forced to choose between the sick and the injured, depending on their health condition.
- With our limited resources, we cannot handle the large number of infected people.
- We discriminate between patients due to the scarcity of medicines and the unavailability of the necessary surgical tools.
