Days after Israel cut off food, water, and medical supplies to Gaza, about 20 trucks will be allowed to carry such supplies into the country in the coming days.
Following Hamas’ terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel cut off electricity, food, water, and medical supplies into Gaza. However, Gaza’s 2.1 million residents have since been running out of basic supplies.
“Poverty is very, very high in the Gaza Strip. Already before the war, the situation was desperate. Now it is becoming tragic,” Juliette Touma, the UN body’s spokeswoman in Amman, told BBC News.
Meanwhile, leading humanitarian organizations warned that the delivery of aid for the Gazans is not sufficient.
“The UN has reported that a minimum of 100 trucks of humanitarian assistance are needed in order to support the millions of civilians living in Gaza”, Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council told the BBC.
According to Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), 500 trucks a day would deliver aid to Gaza before the war began.
President Joe Biden, who has returned to the U.S. from his trip to Israel, vowed to send $100 million to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, CBN News reports.
“Let me be clear,” he said. “If Hamas diverts or steals the assistance, it will have demonstrated once again that they have no concern for the welfare of the Palestinian people. And it will end as a practical matter. I will stop the international community from being able to provide this aid.”
Biden likewise pledged an “unprecedented support package for Israel’s defense.”
On Thursday, the U.K. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, visited Israel as a demonstration of support, while the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, called for the severance of ties between Israel and other nations.
“The Iranian people, the Muslim community around the globe, and all liberated people want political ties with the Zionist regime to be severed promptly, its ambassadors expelled, and its embassies closed.”
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