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UN says cooking gas has entered Gaza for first time since March
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that fuel needed for cooking food has entered the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than six months.
“More tents for displaced families, frozen meat, fresh fruit, flour and medicines also crossed into the Gaza Strip today,” OCHA said in its latest update.
The humanitarian agency said that it is also able to “assess key roads for explosive hazards” and to “support displaced families in flood-prone areas prepare for the winter season”.
‘All we can do is hope’
Israel unilaterally broke the last ceasefire in Gaza. AJ+ speaks to analyst Omar Rahman about what might make this deal different.
He says that while Israel has pulled out of past agreements once they reached a stage that called for an end to Israel’s assault, the visibly increased involvement of US President Donald Trump could yield new results.
“I can’t imagine what the people in Gaza feel at this moment… The loss of life, the loss of future, the loss of their homes and everything else. And so I think all we can do is hope.”
‘Everyone fears the war will return’
The third day of the ceasefire saw some aid trucks cross into Gaza, but residents in Khan Younis, in the south of the Strip, said that some shipments were being ransacked by starving residents in chaotic scenes, which have seen food parcels being trampled.
For Mahmud al-Muzain, a bystander, the scuffle showed that Palestinians in Gaza did not trust that the US-led negotiations would lead to a long-term peace.
“Everyone fears the war will return. We stockpile food out of fear and worry that the war will come back,” al-Muzain said.
Going forward, mediators still have the tricky task of securing a longer-term solution. Under the Trump plan, as Israel conducts a partial withdrawal from Gaza, it will be replaced by a multinational force coordinated by a US-led command centre in Israel.
