First aid deliveries in Gaza for weeks, and warns of insufficient help

First aid deliveries in Gaza for weeks, and warns of insufficient help

On Wednesday, a limited amount of food was delivered to the desperate residents of Gaza for the first time since the beginning of March. Nevertheless, high-ranking UN representatives warned that this delivery "is far from sufficient" in order to do the To prevent crisis .

UN hope for further deliveries

The UN representatives express the hope that further aid deliveries will arrive on Thursday. Aid organizations warn that many parts of Gazas are on the edge of a famine if there are no longer relief supplies in the coastal strips.

Israeli blockade and current deliveries

Until this week, Israel has completely refused access to humanitarian aid to Gaza since March 2 and claims that Hamas benefits and steals from it. On Wednesday, however, trucks with humanitarian aid began to deliver the first food and supply after more than 11 weeks in Gaza. According to Nahid Shuheiber, the chairman of the Gazas Transport Association, over 90 trucks that transported flour and baby food were distributed to Südgaza.

distribution under pressure

KAMEL AJour, owner of the Ajour bakeries in Gaza, indicated that part of the flour was immediately distributed to bakeries in the south. Shuheber said the hope that a similar number of trucks would arrive on Thursday, but reported that two trucks were stolen by desperate hungry residents on Wednesday.

UN information on the humanitarian situation

The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian matters (OCHA) said on Wednesday evening that five kitchens in Khan Younis and Gaza city were put back into operation, while five other kitchens had to close due to delivery bottlenecks. The Israeli authority of Cogat stated that on Monday five trucks, 93 trucks and 100 trucks to Gaza on Wednesday.

inadequate aid deliveries

Catherine Russell, the head of the UN Children's Aid, expressed on X: "The few trucks that have arrived with vital goods are far from sufficient and have not yet reached the needy. We assume the supplies in Gaza, and time runs away." Delays due to disagreements between the Israeli military and aid organizations about the routes within Gazas were also found.

criticism of auxiliary plans

ocha reported that "vital articles such as hygiene products or fuel were not approved by the Israeli authorities." Israel has supported a plan of the US ambassador in Jerusalem, Mike Huckabee, according to which the distribution of the help by a private group called Gaza Humanitrian Foundation . UN representatives have explained that this plan is insufficient.

effects on the population

While the aid deliveries in Gaza begin, the Israeli armed forces set their Operations from Civilian population pushes into a smaller area. Ocha reports that "a large number of people are still being driven out", with 80 percent of Gaza currently affected by either displacement commands or are in zones militarized by Israel.

critical humanitarian situation in health institutions

UN organizations are also concerned about attacks on medical facilities. On Wednesday, the Al AWDA Hospital in northern Gaza-the only partially functioning facility in this region-was shot at, while the Kamal Adwan Hospital had to hire the company. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that the closure of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza took more than 400,000 people access to health services.

water crisis in Gaza

Another big problem is the water supply. The largest desalination plant in northern Gaza is in an area from which the civilian population was asked to flee. Many people have settled in Al-Mawasi, a coastal area in the south, which, however, is not connected to the water network and is heavily dependent on water tankers. Asem Alnabih, spokesman for the city of Gaza, found that due to the reduced fuel supply, there is an "urgent water crisis" that is further tightened by displacement and increasing temperatures.