WASHINGTON — Addressing the Board of Peace inaugural session, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz hails the aid effort for Gaza since the October 2025 ceasefire.
He says over 70 countries are participating in the US-led Civil-Military Command Center in southern Israel.
Waltz says 4,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza each week for 13 consecutive weeks — “the longest stretch of high volume assistance to Gaza in years.”
While assistance has indeed increased significantly, aid organizations have argued that Israeli restrictions on “dual-use items” have prevented much-needed shelter supplies from entering the Strip.
Still, the uptick in aid has led to a massive decrease in diversion, which Waltz says is down to 1 percent.
Waltz says drinking water in Gaza has also doubled this month and child malnutrition has been cut in half.
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