Fewer than 100 aid trucks operated by the United Nations and its partners have been entering Gaza daily since a ceasefire began on October 10, according to data analyzed by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
From October 10 to October 21, Israel permitted an average of 1,011 tonnes of aid, amounting to approximately 94 trucks daily, based on preliminary figures released by the UN. This marks an increase from the 700 tonnes, or around 62 trucks, supplied each day by the UN and partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs) between May 19 and October 9. However, this remains significantly below the 600 trucks per day stipulated in the ceasefire agreement.
The data examined by AFP has been compiled by the UN’s “2720 Mechanism for Gaza,” which has been monitoring humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza since May 19, the day following the conclusion of Israel’s two-month blockade that restricted humanitarian access.
The highest volume of aid was recorded on October 16, with 206 trucks entering Gaza. This came a day after UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher stated that aid delivered in the preceding days represented “a fraction of what’s needed,” noting that there were “tens of trucks on a good day rather than the hundreds required.”
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there has been no significant decrease in hunger since the ceasefire began, primarily due to the insufficient levels of aid entering Gaza. “The situation still remains catastrophic because what’s entering is not enough,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva. He emphasized, “There has been no dent in hunger, because there is not enough food” since the onset of the ceasefire.
Ghebreyesus further highlighted the adverse effects of the ongoing blockade on Gaza’s healthcare system, indicating that “there are no fully functioning hospitals in Gaza, and only 14 out of 36 are functioning at all.” He reported critical shortages of essential medicines, medical equipment, and healthcare personnel.
The WHO chief reiterated that although the flow of aid has increased, it still constitutes only a fraction of what is necessary to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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