The humanitarian situation in Gaza has worsened, with an 80% increase in food trucks entering the region daily, reaching between 150 to 200 trucks, primarily due to the ongoing conflict. Despite this increase, hundreds of trucks loaded with food and medical aid have been reported idle at the border, as Israel, which controls the crossings, is accused of blocking supplies. This has led to warnings of an imminent famine. The international community, including the UN, has been urged to find solutions to ensure aid delivery through all crossings. Israel has been criticized for using starvation as a weapon of war and engineering a famine, although it claims to have facilitated new shipment routes but hasn't abandoned its starvation strategy. The UN and other aid agencies, specifically @UNRWA and @UN, have been blamed for delays in aid distribution, with 400 trucks' worth of humanitarian aid reportedly waiting at the Kerem Shalom border crossing for distribution. Critics argue that the only thing delaying aid is the UN's failure to distribute it.
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The Israeli government blames everyone else for the widespread starvation in Gaza. In fact, Israel is primarily responsible, given its repeated obstruction during the inspection of aid convoys and as they try to distribute food within Gaza. https://t.co/sxc3pombC9
If Israel were to open crossings into northern Gaza -- a mere "ten minutes" from where people face the worst starvation -- it could end the risk of famine very quickly. But Israel won't do it because starvation is a key part of its negotiating strategy. https://t.co/npCuvJPElT
❌MYTH: “Before 10/7, 500 aid trucks entered Gaza every day.” ✅FACT: According to the @UN, 278 trucks went in every day (another 10 went out with exports). 98% of import trucks carried commercial supplies, not aid. Only 73 carried food. Browse the data yourself:… https://t.co/wj34Zdg4Mh
Israel facilitated the delivery of 158 food trucks into Gaza today. Before the war, only ~73 food trucks went in every day. For the trolls inclined to call me a liar, please browse the @ochaopt data yourselves: https://t.co/EWPe6vTbBi https://t.co/1tnSrUfRes
Israel accused the UN on Saturday of failing to distribute humanitarian aid to Gazans, posting a photo of what it said was 400 trucks' worth of humanitarian assistance piling up on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing. https://t.co/84rsiCnUjs
Famine in Gaza? Report disproves hunger claims in Gaza: 80% increase in aid trucks entering the Strip daily!!! For further details on the COGAT report: https://t.co/TQ1kyc4lBX Please SHARE this super important information 🙏 #NoFamineInGaza #FightingHamasLies https://t.co/4zCyFOir3z
Hundreds of trucks loaded with food and medical aid sat idle on the roads heading into Gaza recently as a senior humanitarian official accused the Israeli government of blocking lifesaving supplies from reaching the devastated enclave. https://t.co/XLKWnsVbc8
This data is a manipulated, @CNN. The 500 trucks a day pre-war figure included trucks of import and export carrying building materials and industrial supplies. Only an average of 70 food trucks a day entered Gaza pre-war, the average number of food trucks entering Gaza now - 140. https://t.co/63F5FuNZfN
400 trucks worth of Humanitarian aid is waiting to be picked up and distributed from the Gazan side of Kerem Shalom border crossing. @UNRWA and @UN aid agencies are failing to deliver this aid. The only thing delaying aid coming into Gaza, is the UN. https://t.co/HRfZu8jZWG
Amid warnings of “imminent” famine in the enclave, humanitarian officials say Israel is obstructing the entry and distribution of aid. https://t.co/1Vi6lxR3uN
Amid warnings of “imminent” famine in the enclave, humanitarian officials say Israel is obstructing the entry and distribution of aid. Israel denies this. https://t.co/PGkcj838Ou
A number of trucks filled with humanitarian aid enters the north of Gaza amidst the ongoing famine. https://t.co/R8WVEvCeS5
Hundreds of trucks full of aid sit idle near border with Gaza as crisis deepens https://t.co/kPYkk6OVDN
For months, Palestinians, top UN officials and human rights groups have unequivocally argued that Israel is “using starvation as a weapon of war” and “engineering a famine.” The New York Times continues to obscure and minimize Israel’s responsibility for the famine. More in🧵: https://t.co/VS1uUlXvrq
Israel touts its willingness to allow "new shipment routes by land, air and sea" into Gaza, but it hasn't abandoned its starvation strategy. Deliveries "have been very limited" -- enough to avoid mass death but not to avoid starvation and imminent famine. https://t.co/wwdsac60Lv
People in Gaza are starving. Why is it so hard to get aid to them? https://t.co/2TruNGhEOB
Hundreds of trucks loaded with food and medical aid idled on roads heading into Gaza recently as a senior humanitarian official accused Israel of blocking supplies from reaching the devastated enclave. https://t.co/I2YgkSEzCI
Whilst laudable, the only way to avoid famine is aid on trucks through ALL the crossings. Israel controls them & the international community must find a solution: BBC goes onboard plane dropping US aid into war zone https://t.co/U17ykcEJ1A
Between 150 to 200 trucks enter Gaza each day, most of which are food trucks. This is an 80% increase as compared with the average number of food trucks that entered Gaza before October 7.