COGAT, the Israeli agency which coordinates activity in the West Bank and Gaza, says that 23,000 tons of humanitarian aid on 1,200 trucks entered Gaza over the past week, and that 1,200 trucks were “successfully collected by the UN and international organizations.”
Nevertheless, it adds, “hundreds of trucks remain inside Gaza, waiting to be picked up and distributed by the UN and international organizations.”
This aid is separate from the “hundreds of pallets of humanitarian supplies” that have been airdropped into Gaza recently, it adds.
Aid agencies have blamed Israel for cutting off aid and restricting movement, causing near-famine conditions in the Strip. Israel has pointed to supplies piling up inside Gaza and blamed agencies for not distributing it, as international pressure over hunger in Gaza has ratcheted up.
Last week Israel announced 10-hour humanitarian pauses in fighting in populated areas and increased movement of aid.
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