The director of Al Ali Hospital in northern Gaza called for a stronger entry in humanitarian aid as starvation spreads throughout the strip.
On Wednesday, about 70 trucks were dropped off at the compensated crossing, and more than 150 were collected by the UN and international organisations from the Gazan side of the border, according to Cogat, an Israeli agency that manages the flow of aid to Gaza.
According to the United Nations, an average of 500 to 600 trucks entered Gaza every day before the war began on October 7, 2023.
Naim’s statement comes amid continuing warnings from aid agencies about serious shortages in the territory and severe shortages about widespread hunger.
The United Nations says more than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking food since late May, when the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an aid group for Israeli and the US aid, began running it.
Hundreds of them have died near the GHF site, according to the United Nations. The GHF was created to replace the long-standing role of the United Nations distributing aid in Gaza and has been widely criticized for failing to provide adequate and secure access to the supplies it desperately needs.
On Tuesday, Gaza’s health ministry said 900,000 children were hungry and 70,000 people were already showing signs of malnutrition.
