‘We need to flood Gaza with aid,’ says Unrwa commissioner general Philippe Lazzarini
Trucks at the entrance to the port of Ashdod, southern Israel, last week. Israel approved the reopening of the northern Gaza border crossing of Erez but aid agencies say change has been too slow to materialise. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
The UN agency caring for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, said 223 trucks had entered Gaza on Monday. In its daily situation report, Unrwa said: “There has been no significant change in the volume of humanitarian supplies entering Gaza or improved access to the north.” On the discrepancies between Israel and aid groups on the number of aid trucks crossing into Gaza, Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said Israel “typically counted the half-filled trucks going through an initial screening process , rather than repacked full trucks which enter Gaza”.
He welcomed Israel’s recent plan to open the northern Erez terminal for aid deliveries but said: “We haven’t seen any concrete action or any substantial aid going through Erez.” Mr Cans said “the north is a siege within a siege”.
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