Israel allowed a small convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter from Israel into northern Gaza, marking the first time such an instance has occurred.
Six World Food Programme humanitarian trucks proceeded through the “96th” gate on Tuesday night as a part of a pilot effort, according to Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories.
The WFP said it delivered enough food for 25,000 people in its first successful convoy to northern Gaza since Feb. 20. The agency also warned that people still in northern Gaza, a much smaller number than that before the war began, are “on the brink of famine.”and other international health organizations have warned about the possibility of widespread famine, starvation, and disease.
“The challenge is the security and distribution internal to Gaza,” he said. “There is no Israeli presence in the north. They’ve predominantly defeated that by getting the distribution of the aid up to there.” The dire need for aid was on display when more than 100 Palestinians were killed as they converged on an aid convoy. Palestinians alleged Israeli troops opened fire on the group, while Israeli leaders said many were killed in a stampede for the aid and that Israeli forces only fired when they felt endangered by the crowd.
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