Gaza awaits aid: They are starving

Gaza awaits aid

 Gaza awaits aid: "Only 123 trucks have entered in days"

As Israel prepares to expand its ground incursions into Gaza, Israeli bombardment continues, coinciding with the deterioration of living, security, and medical conditions in the devastated Palestinian enclave.

"It's making the situation worse."

He explained that the scarcity of aid is exacerbating the situation, adding that only 123 trucks have entered the Gaza Strip in recent days. He also noted that a number of these trucks were looted and stolen by unknown individuals.

Concurrently, the International Organization for Migration announced that more than 180,000 people in Gaza were forcibly displaced between May 15 and 25, referring to the recent Israeli military orders to evacuate large areas in the north and south of the Gaza Strip.

"600 trucks per day"

While the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed that the Gaza Strip needs 600 aid trucks per day. She previously explained that "a targeted and uninterrupted flow of aid to Gaza is the only way to prevent the current catastrophe from escalating further."

She also noted that "the minimum need is 500 to 600 trucks per day, managed  the United Nations, including UNRWA," stressing that Gazans cannot wait any longer.

The World Health Organization announced on Monday that the medical sector in the Gaza Strip is suffering from a severe shortage of medical equipment and a 42% shortage of medical supplies and painkillers.

It also added in a statement that more than 51 medical trucks are awaiting Israeli approval at the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow them into the Strip, amid a severe shortage of intravenous solutions, needles, and bandages, which is hindering surgical operations.

It is noteworthy that Israel announced last Monday that it would allow approximately 100 trucks into the devastated Strip, amid international criticism and UN warnings of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and worsening hunger.

This Israeli decision comes after nearly three months of a stifling blockade, preventing any aid from entering Gaza, where residents are trapped amidst destruction and bombardment.

Since the collapse of the fragile ceasefire with Hamas last March, Israeli forces have resumed their airstrikes and shelling of Gaza, imposed a complete blockade, and launched a military plan to seize control of large areas of the Strip and push its population south.