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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, highlighting the severe obstruction of aid and food that has exacerbated the crisis in the region. Over 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing extreme food insecurity due to difficulties in getting Israeli permission for foreign staff to work and the prevention of aid from entering the enclave. Despite claims of starvation being used as a weapon of war, the UN reports a significant increase in the number of food trucks entering Gaza, with figures rising from 2,199 in the month before the conflict to 3,122 this month. However, criticisms persist regarding Israel's limited increase in aid deliveries, from a pre-war average of 70 food trucks per day to 140 now, and the bureaucratic obstacles that continue to impede substantial scaling up of deliveries. Amidst these challenges, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other humanitarian officials have stressed the urgent need for sufficient food aid distribution via land routes to address the imminent famine threat, noting that the current delivery rate of 150 trucks per day is nearly 70 percent less than the 500 trucks a day pre-war figure, despite an 80% increase compared to the average number before October 7.
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
According to UNRWA, more than one million of the 1.4 million Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip rely on UNRWA food assistance. With most of its funding still cut off, UNRWA could be forced to cease operations in May. Get the latest: https://t.co/JNdqklkGV6
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
The latest International Court of Justice ruling is a “stark reminder that the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is man made,” meaning "it can still be reversed" if enough pressure is put on Israel to abandon its starvation strategy. https://t.co/wwdsac60Lv
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
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.
Israel touts a series of small initiatives to deliver food to the starving Palestinian civilians of Gaza, but none is a substitute for substantially scaling up deliveries by truck, which Israel continues to impede with all sorts of bureaucratic obstacles. https://t.co/O1lsKetWdi
No wonder there is widespread starvation in Gaza: Israel is allowing in a measly 150 trucks per day," which is "nearly 70 percent less than the number before Oct. 7." Yet Israel blames everyone else for its (war crime) starvation strategy. https://t.co/PoqmUsNrcJ
The International Court of Justice endorsed the view of aid groups that blame Israel's obstruction of aid on "inspection backlogs at the few open border crossings...and outright denials of missions to bring in food, fuel and sanitation supplies." https://t.co/8wuubuM7DU
#Palestine | The Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) noted that more than 1.1 million people are suffering from extreme food insecurity. https://t.co/JeO3MPr8yp
The UN says 2,199 food trucks entered Gaza in the month before the war. It also says 3,122 food trucks entered Gaza this month alone. Claiming "starvation as a weapon of war" is pure Hamas propaganda, belied by @UN's own figures. @volker_turk https://t.co/bpO63Ib1jV
The ICJ's decision runs contrary to Israel's claim that it is not blocking aid deliveries to Gaza and orders Israel to do so by increasing the number of land crossings into Gaza and keeping them open for "as long as necessary" https://t.co/tr2FUHeY13
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thursday that more than 1.1 million people in the #Gaza Strip are facing "an extreme level of food insecurity," as Israel prevents aid from entering the enclave. #UN https://t.co/NX5Y5sbol3 https://t.co/Ln6veyj2om
Over 1.1 million people in the #GazaStrip are facing "an extreme level of food insecurity," as Israel prevents aid from entering the enclave, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Thur, stressing the need to distribute sufficient food aid via land routes https://t.co/Eq5AX99pBQ
Israel blames everyone but itself for the mass starvation in Gaza. The International Court of Justice didn't buy that self-exculpatory lie and ordered Israel to start allowing unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. https://t.co/ZazswZwjI7 https://t.co/eaMikUV75D
The International Court of Justice rejects the sufficiency of Israel allowing enough food into Gaza to avoid mass deaths but not mass starvation. https://t.co/ZazswZwjI7 I explained why that is correct. https://t.co/82mJsuY1gK https://t.co/X6bvZ3aZoB
Israel's latest obstruction of aid and food: "Difficulties getting Israeli permission for foreign staff to work in Israel and the Palestinian territories are hampering efforts to get aid into war-shattered Gaza where civilians are facing imminent famine." https://t.co/hVNKy9CBDt