- Food reaches northern Gaza
- New maritime corridor opens
- Gaza faces dire famine risk
According to the United Nations, food has been delivered to northern Gaza via a land route for the first time in three weeks.
According to the Israeli military, six World Food Programme transporters breached a gate in the Gaza border fence.
It added that the delivery on Tuesday night was “part of a pilot programme to prevent Hamas from seizing control of the aid.”
As it continues its war against Hamas, this occurs amidst international pressure on Israel to expand assistance access to Palestinian territory in anticipation of an impending famine.
Tuesday also saw the departure of a vessel transporting 200 tonnes of food aid for charity distribution from Cyprus, marking the opening of a new maritime corridor into Palestinian territory. Thursday is when its arrival near Gaza is anticipated.
Nevertheless, it has been extensively noted that road access continues to be the most expeditious method of transporting critical supplies.
Using an Israeli military road that travels along the Gaza border fence, the WFP convoy was able to reach the north and deliver enough food for 25,000 people to Gaza City, according to the United Nations.
The military reports that a preliminary security inspection was conducted by Israeli security personnel on the aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with southern Gaza.
At least 576,000 Gazanese, or one-fourth of the population, are one step away from starvation, according to the United Nations.
It warns that UN agencies have been unable to access the estimated 300,000 people who are trapped in the territory’s northern region for several months on account of Israeli restrictions, ongoing hostilities, and a collapse in law and order. Time is running out for these individuals.
The health ministry of Gaza, which Hamas controls, reports that at least 27 people have died in hospitals there from malnutrition and dehydration, the majority of whom were minors.
Israel maintains that there are no restrictions on the quantity of aid that can be transported into and throughout Gaza. It attributes the failure to disseminate the aid to the individuals in need to United Nations agencies.
Amid the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, mediators from Qatar and Egypt assert their ongoing commitment to promoting a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.
The conflict began on October 7, when Hamas gunmen stormed southern Israel, capturing 253 hostages and murdering approximately 1,200 people. Over 31,100 persons have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the health ministry, which Hamas operates.
“What awaits the children who are afflicted with hunger?” Will someone rescue them, or will they perish? Ali, my firstborn, has passed away.”
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The father of Ali, a Palestinian infant who recently passed away at the sole paediatrics hospital in northern Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration, has urged assistance for the other children being treated there, as the United Nations has issued a famine warning if aid deliveries are not significantly increased.
“Ali was born during the war when neither he nor his mother had access to food; this circumstance led to the failure of Ali’s kidneys,” the unidentified man said in an interview captured for the BBC Arabic radio service Gaza Lifeline.
“Ali’s condition deteriorated daily. We attempted to have him treated in institutions but to no avail… Ali passed away in full view of the world, which continued to observe his demise.
Regrettably, Ali was among a minimum of ten children who, according to a World Health Organisation team, perished over the weekend at the overburdened Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia due to a lack of food.
