More than 630 trucks with humanitarian aid entered Gaza: UN

AP , Monday 20 Jan 2025

United Nations humanitarian officials said that more than 630 trucks of humanitarian aid have entered the besieged Gaza Strip, in the implementation of the ceasefire deal.

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A man holds up a Palestinian flag while standing atop the rubble of a collapsed building at the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip. AFP

 

In a post on social media platform X, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs said that over 630 trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, with at least 300 of them bringing humanitarian assistance into the north.

“There is no time to lose,” Fletcher wrote. “After 15 months of relentless war, the humanitarian needs are staggering.”

The Gaza ceasefire deal, which began Sunday with an initial phase lasting six weeks, calls for the entry into Gaza of 600 trucks carrying humanitarian relief daily. Over the course of the deal’s first stage, 33 Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity in Gaza will also be released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Aid workers have been scrambling to address Gaza’s dire humanitarian needs after 15 months of devastating war and tough Israeli restrictions on aid deliveries and the movement of convoys within Gaza.

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