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UN aid chief says aid allowed to enter Gaza is ‘a drop in the ocean’
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip are seen at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, May 19, 2025. (AP/ Ohad Zwigenberg)
United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher says Israel cleared nine trucks of aid today to enter Gaza through the Keren Shalom crossing, following 11 weeks of a complete blockade.
“But it is a drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed, and significantly more aid must be allowed into Gaza, starting tomorrow morning,” Fletcher says in a statement.
“To reduce looting, there must be a regular flow of aid, and humanitarians must be permitted to use multiple routes. Commercial goods should complement the humanitarian response,” he says.
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