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Monday, October 30, 2023
33 trucks with aid entered Gaza on Sunday, UN says
More than 30 aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, the largest convoy to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory since deliveries began trickling in again over a week ago, the UN says.
The United Nations humanitarian organization OCHA says at least 33 trucks carrying water, food and medical supplies had gone into Gaza on Sunday, through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
“This is the largest delivery of humanitarian aid since 21 October, when limited deliveries resumed,” OCHA says in an update on the situation in Gaza sent early Monday.
To date, it says, 117 trucks had entered Gaza through the crossing since limited deliveries resumed to the crowded Palestinian territory of 2.4 million people.
A US government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Sunday that Israel was committed to allowing 100 aid trucks into Gaza daily — a figure the UN has said was needed to meet the most basic needs.
OCHA welcomes the latest aid deliveries, but stressed that “a much larger volume of aid is needed on a regular basis to prevent further deterioration in the dire humanitarian situation, including civil unrest.”
Of the 117 trucks allowed in so far, it says that 70 had carried medical supplies and 60 of them brought in food and nutritional items.
Only 13 carried water and sanitation supplies, it says.
