Israel provides more aid to Gaza, but threat of famine persists, UN says

Israel says the number of trucks entering the enclave has doubled to an average of 400 per day. The UN disputes this, but agrees that the pace of deliveries has accelerated.
Under intense international scrutiny, Israel has accelerated the flow of aid to Gaza this month, but humanitarian groups say more must be done as famine grips the enclave, particularly in the devastated north.
Efforts Israel – which include opening new aid routes – were recognized last week. by the Biden administration and international aid officials. More aid trucks appear to be arriving in Gaza, particularly in the north, where experts have been warning for weeks that famine is imminent.
The Increasing aid levels is a good sign, but it is too early to say that looming famine is no longer a risk, said Arif Husain, chief economist of the United Nations World Food Program.
< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“This cannot happen by chance. for a day or a week – this needs to happen every day for the foreseeable future,” Husain said, adding that the main need was for more food, water and medicine. “If we can do that, then we can relieve the pain, we can prevent starvation. »
Humanitarian groups have long complained that only a trickle of aid is arriving in the country. enclave, blaming harsh wartime conditions, strict inspections and limits on the number of crossing points. Israel has argued that the restrictions are necessary to ensure that neither weapons nor supplies fall into the hands of Hamas.
ImageTrucks lined up on the Egyptian side of the border, near the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israel says an average of 400 trucks cross the border into Gaza each day, but the United Nations puts the number at less than half. Credit...Atef Safadi/EPA, via Shutterstock
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Israel provides more aid to Gaza, but threat of famine persists, UN says

Israel says the number of trucks entering the enclave has doubled to an average of 400 per day. The UN disputes this, but agrees that the pace of deliveries has accelerated.

Under intense international scrutiny, Israel has accelerated the flow of aid to Gaza this month, but humanitarian groups say more must be done as famine grips the enclave, particularly in the devastated north.

Efforts Israel – which include opening new aid routes – were recognized last week. by the Biden administration and international aid officials. More aid trucks appear to be arriving in Gaza, particularly in the north, where experts have been warning for weeks that famine is imminent.

The Increasing aid levels is a good sign, but it is too early to say that looming famine is no longer a risk, said Arif Husain, chief economist of the United Nations World Food Program.

< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“This cannot happen by chance. for a day or a week – this needs to happen every day for the foreseeable future,” Husain said, adding that the main need was for more food, water and medicine. “If we can do that, then we can relieve the pain, we can prevent starvation. »

Humanitarian groups have long complained that only a trickle of aid is arriving in the country. enclave, blaming harsh wartime conditions, strict inspections and limits on the number of crossing points. Israel has argued that the restrictions are necessary to ensure that neither weapons nor supplies fall into the hands of Hamas.

ImageTrucks lined up on the Egyptian side of the border, near the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israel says an average of 400 trucks cross the border into Gaza each day, but the United Nations puts the number at less than half. Credit...Atef Safadi/EPA, via Shutterstock

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