After several months of international pressure and increasing warnings from relief agencies about Israel’s starvation of Palestinians, aid trucks began moving toward Gaza from Egypt, according to Reuters.
Israel announced on Saturday that it started aid airdrops to Gaza and is currently taking several other steps to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe in the Palestinian enclave.
The Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV has released several photos for dozens of trucks carrying tons of humanitarian aid and moving toward the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing in southern Gaza.
To ensure the safe movement of United Nations convoys carrying aid to Gaza, the Israeli military said that there would be “humanitarian corridors.” Moreover, the densely populated areas would have “humanitarian pauses.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the military would “apply a ‘humanitarian pause’ in civilian centers and in humanitarian corridors” on Sunday morning.
Israel’s announcement on airdrops came after indirect ceasefire talks with Hamas in Doha collapsed without a deal in sight.
Israel Accuses UN of Failure
Crucially, Israel claimed it has allowed enough food into Gaza and accused the United Nations of failing to distribute it properly.
On the contrary, the UN says it is operating as effectively as possible under the constraints imposed by Israeli restrictions.
“The IDF emphasizes that there is no starvation in the Gaza Strip; this is a false campaign promoted by Hamas,” the Israeli military said in its Saturday statement.
Dozens of Gazans including children have lost their soles due to malnutrition throughout the 21 months of war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Since the beginning of Hamas-Israel War in Gaza in 2023, the Israeli strikes have killed more than 59,000 Palestinians wounded more than 142,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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