One day this week, a few men and boys were waiting for the humanitarian assistance that the sickness and freezing Gaza, who was hungry and freezed, was in order. They left with a bag with flour and a feasted cardboard box, and most of them were dragging valuable luggage to a motorcycle shopping cart.
It was an unusual sight that has become unusual in the area since the war began more than 15 months ago. The collapse of the security of Israel’s assistance, the aid trucks and other widespread looting of other obstacles overlapped, and the food, water, tents, pharmaceuticals, and fuel reached civilian in the area siege in the area of Israel. 。
One week after the battle in Gaza was suspended due to the ceasefire agreement, Gaza’s Palestinians and assistants said that more food delivery and other necessary supplies were flowing. The problem is now the Gaza side how to maintain the aid level. Despite the uncertainty of many logistics issues and how long the ceasefire will last, the needs are met.
At a Thursday conference, the United Nations Gaza Humanitarian Office, Jonathan Wittor, said that the United Nations has transferred the same amount of food as a whole in October this week to Gaza.
Other UN organizations and aid organizations have distributed medical supplies and fuel to supply power to hospitals and wells, and support important infrastructure restoration. According to the United Nations, the tent will soon enter, and the bakery will start supplying bread by Friday.
Since the ceasefire began, civilian police officers belonging to the Hamas government seemed to have recovered some safety and order on the flying land. However, Hamas’s pride may complain to the permanent peace of peace in Gaza.
COGAT, Israeli Government, which supervises the policy on the west coast of Gaza and the Jordan River, did not respond to the comment request, Mentioned in posting to social media It was announced on Friday that 4,200 aid trucks last week had been inspected and entered the Gaza area.
During the war, Israel did not restrict the assistance to Gaza and accused the humanitarian agency for not distributing supplies that allowed them to carry into the flying area after screening.
Since the ceasefire came into effect on January 19, a total of about 600 to 900 trucks have arrived in Gaza every day, and there have been a lot of dozens of trucks that have entered every day in recent months. It is below.
By Tuesday, Holud Al Shanna (43) and their families received a flour from the World Food Plan for the first time in two months.
It was very welcome. But “We are still lacking in the basics,” says Al Shanna. “My kids haven’t eaten fresh vegetables for a long time, so I almost forgot the taste. How can we live with flour alone?”
Improvements were also seen in this respect. Before the war, Gaza was supplied by donated assistance and sales. Israel claimed that Hamas was profitable in trade, and small amounts of imported fresh foods, meat, and other foods continued to be sold in the market until most commercial products were banned at the end of last year. According to assistants, some products have flown into Gaza this week, and shoppers have been brought to the market to fresh vegetables and chocolate bars at a lower price in recent months.
The distribution of assistance supplies after entering Gaza is still ongoing. Gaza’s local governments have begun removing rubble, but many roads have been ruined in 15 months of war. Unexplored bombs are still scattered on the jump spots, and distribution and repair are in danger.
Before the war, about 500 trucks loaded with assistive supplies and products entered Gaza. The ceasefire agreement assumes that 600 trucks will enter every day, but assistants have stated that it is difficult to maintain trucks on their own.
A few days before the ceasefire enters the ceasefire, said, “It is impossible to achieve it alone. It is absolutely impossible,” said Secretary Philip Laserini, the United Nations Rescue Business Agency (UNRWA), the main lifeline of Palestinian refugees. 。
UNRWA’s unstable situation is another potential obstacle. The United Nations officials have stated that it is extremely important for assistance activities because the institution is fundamental to the supply chain in the Gaza area and the service, but Israel protects the extremist of Hamas. The company is prohibiting the institution due to the accusation. Aid stakeholders have stated that there is nothing to replace this.
Above all, the biggest challenge is the size of an emergency. Currently, assistance may be coming, but Gaza is too short of assistance, so it is not possible to say the final recovery, but it stabilizes the population and preventing further deaths will flood from supplies. The people involved in the assistance said they would be needed.
Officials say that Gaza’s recovery will need educational services, psychological services, and other support.
The number of trucks that has recently entered Gaza is “I’m still a handful of the amount of assistance necessary to make up for what I have been significantly deficient in the past year and a half,” said Bob Bob, Vice President of the emergency situation. The kitchen stated. At the International Rescue Committee.
Some obstacles are gradually succumbing. Israel’s clear motivation, which leads the rapid increase in assistance, was solved the problem described by assistants and the government, which provided assistance, as the biggest obstacle to providing Gaza. Israel claims to prevent Hamas from transporting assistance supplies, imposes strict inspections in Gaza, restricts the movement after entering the Gaza, and frequently transported assistance. It has been delayed and completely stopped.
Except for the movement from the south to the north, the provisions are no longer needed to obtain the permission of the Israeli army when moving from the south to the north. Before the ceasefire, many trucks, which were planning to carry relief supplies to the warehouse around the strip, were sitting paralyzed due to fuel shortage. The fuel is now in.
Although Israel still claims that it is essential for emergency response, a long list of goods that Israel can be used for military purposes by “double use”, that is, Hamas. Each institution is prohibited from bringing it in. It contains everything from scissors to tent ingredients.
However, according to assistants, some of these restrictions have been released, and consultations have continued in the direction of canceling more restrictions.
Another problem that had been struggling with distribution of a few months in Gaza was looting, and many of the supplies for civilians were diverted.
Gaza’s situation worsened with the Israeli army invading Rafa in southern Gaza in May, aiming to drive out of Hamas, who claimed that Israel was one of the last base. Hamas’s security forces escaped, and the organized gang began to intercept the support trucks that had invaded Gaza.
International assistance has accused Israel ignoring the problem and tolerating the actions of looting. The United Nations is concerned that the neutrality of Israel will be impaired, and has not granted the escort of rescue vehicles by Israeli soldiers, and the UN officials are guarding Israel to the Gaza Police for the Gaza Police under Hamas’s authority. I asked for permission.
Israel, who is trying to destroy the Gaza area Hamas, accused him of stealing assistance, and said the police was part of the organization. In the end, many aid organizations kept the delivery on the border of Gaza, rather than taking dangerous risks and entering Gaza.
However, concerns that organized looting may continue after the ceasefire has been relieved. Police are patrol most of Gaza again. There are still people who drag out boxes from the truck, but the spectacle is described by the assistant, and the New York Times has witnessed it, but the size is now much shrinking.
Gaza’s Palestinians argue that people will weaken the motivation for looting as assistance becomes more widely available.
“I have noticed a clear improvement. Today, there are more people who have received food parcels,” said Gaza Abu Shark, 44, who had been evacuating to southern Gaza. “I hope this situation will continue until the theft is completely gone.”
Farnas Fascihi Contributed to a report from New York.
