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The delivery of aid to Gaza has been significantly exposed to the amount called for under the elimination of the US-blonded Resempeli, according to an analysis of issues related to the statistics of the Israeli army.
Deprivation groups say the shortage is affecting 2 million people. Under the October Resofire deal between Israel and Hamas, Israel agreed to allow 600 trucks to enter Gaza per day.
However, Israel’s own numbers show that an average of only 459 trucks per day entered the Gaza Strip between Oct. 12, when the flow of aid resumed, and on Sunday, according to an AP analysis. Cogat, the Israeli war agency that manages the influx of aid, provided the figures.
Cogat said that nearly 18,000 trucks of food aid entered Gaza when the trader started working until Sunday, up to 70 percent of all had entered the field since entering the field.
This means that cogat estimates that including all aid – non-food items, such as tents and medicine – a total of more than 25,700 trucks have entered Gaza.
That’s less than the 33,600 trucks that were supposed to come in on Sunday, under firefighting regulations.
Raw data is not shared
In response to the AP analysis, Cogat insisted on Wednesday that the number of trucks entering Gaza each day was above the 600 mark but declined to explain why the figures did not match or provide raw data on truck arrivals.
UNICEF said 9 3,300 children were treated for malnutrition in October, when a deal to end the two-year Israel – Hamas war began to take effect. The ‘very high figure’ shows that aid flows remain insufficient, UNICEF spokeswoman Tess Ingram said.
Cogat was used to provide daily statistics of trucks entering Gaza during the war but stopped doing so when the fire stopped. Rights groups say this is because it controls the crossing and only has access to track how much aid and commercial goods have entered Gaza.
The United Nations and aid groups have said that the amount of Aid to Gaza is much lower than cogat claims.
The UN says only 6,545 trucks were loaded into Gaza between the ceasefire and December 7, which amounts to 113 trucks a day. That’s according to its online database. The UN figures do not include aid trucks sent by organizations that do not work through the UN network.
A Hamas document on Saturday provided to the AP put the number of aid trucks in total at 7,333.
This week, the UN humanitarian office, known as Ocha, stressed the “need” of a coordinated effort to get aid to GAZA, which it says limits Israel’s aid to recovery efforts.
Food is always scarce: AID groups
People’s groups say the lack of aid has had a heavy impact on many Gazans, most of whom were displaced by the war. Food remains in short supply as the Palestinian territories struggle against the outbreak of famine, which hit parts of Gaza during the war.
Starving mothers in Gaza are giving birth to malnourished children, some of whom have died in hospital, according to a recent UNICEF report. As the winter rains set in, families living in tents were left exposed and exposed to floods and freezing cold.
“NEEDS BETTER DELACE FOR FREE RECEPTION DEPARTMENT OF RECEPTION, AVAILABLE,” said a UNICEF report on Monday.
“These constraints include insecurity, customs clearance challenges, delays and denial of supplies at the crossings, and the limited routes available to move aid supplies inside Gaza.”
Israel temporarily stopped all aid flows. Israel said that Hamas failed to return the bodies of the hostages in the time established by the fire, while Hamas said that it is fighting to find the bodies due to the destruction of the Palestinian territory.
Hamas has also accused Israel of violating the ceasefire because of the slow flow of aid, the continued closure of the Rafah crossing and the Gaza walk.
