The United Nations said on Friday that the initial assistance delivery into the besieged Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt should happen “in the next day or so.”
To guarantee that an aid operation in Gaza gets underway as soon as feasible, we are in extensive and advanced negotiations with all pertinent parties. First deliveries are expected to begin within the next day or so, according to UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who was quoted by his Geneva spokesperson Jens Laerke.
The aim is that these movements may start as soon as possible, in a fashion that is safe, secure, and ideally sustained. However, Laerke told reporters: “I do not have a precise time for when these moves will take place.
“We must set up the means by which this can be pushed into southern Gaza. That in no way lessens the urgency of our need for a humanitarian ceasefire.
International supplies piled up on Friday in Egypt near Gaza, where Palestinians were in desperate need of food and water due to Israel’s ongoing bombing campaign while it was still recovering from its worst strike in history.
According to the UN, more than one million of Gaza’s 2.4 million residents have been forced to flee their homes, and the humanitarian situation is getting worse by the hour.
The lone gateway into Gaza, the Rafah crossing, was supposed to open on Friday, according to Egyptian state-affiliated television Al Qahera News. However, Cairo later claimed that more time was needed to fix the roadways.
After Hamas launched a huge offensive from the Gaza Strip on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people, largely civilians, according to Israeli officials, Israel has promised to destroy the Islamist militant organisation.
In retaliation, Israeli warplanes have destroyed huge blocks of Gazan cities in order to get ready for a ground assault they claim is imminent. According to the bombardment, more than 3,785 Palestinians, largely civilians, have perished.
In retaliation, Israeli warplanes have destroyed huge blocks of Gazan cities in order to get ready for a ground assault they claim is imminent. According to the most recent death toll from the attack, more than 3,785 Palestinians—mostly civilians—have perished.
