Aid not reaching Gaza, say relief groups as ‘more than a million go without food’... "Aid trucks’ ability to enter Gaza “is at the arbitrary discretion of Israeli forces” "

A queue of of aid lorries wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

 “We estimate that over a million Gazans will go without food in September”

@UNRWA  Sam Rose to   @guardian   [on twitter/x]

 

Medicines, chlorine for water purification & hygiene products are running low in #Gaza. "So little aid is getting in that we can’t meet basic needs."

Aid not reaching Gaza, say relief groups as ‘more than a million go without food’

Medical supplies, toothbrushes and shampoo also remain stuck in backlog of lorries unable to enter from Egypt

Relief groups have said more than 1 million people in Gaza will not have enough food this month, while trucks loaded with fresh vegetables or meat spoil waiting to cross Israeli checkpoints, and thousands of aid packages of food, medical supplies and even toothbrushes and shampoo remain stuck in a backlog of lorries unable to enter from Egypt.

“We estimate that over a million Gazans will go without food in September,” said Sam Rose, a senior deputy director of UN’s relief agency for Palestinians (Unrwa), in Gaza. “Over half the medicines in our health centres are running low, as is chlorine for water purification and other basic supplies.” ... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/gaza-aid-food-medical-supplies-backlog

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