Dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip
UN: Israel blocks aid convoys
February 10, 2024, 3:27 p.m
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It is difficult for the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations to provide adequate supplies to the people of the Gaza Strip. This is also because, according to the UN, aid deliveries often cannot be carried out. One reason for this is said to be the Israeli military.
In the Gaza Strip, the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations say they are unable to provide adequate care to people in need – partly because of obstructions by the Israeli military. Since January, Israeli authorities have denied 39 of 76 planned convoys to the north and delegation visits to clarify needs there, the UN emergency agency OCHA reported.
16 others were obstructed, two were only partially approved. Only twelve convoys or delegation visits to clarify needs could have been carried out as planned; nine would have had to be postponed by the aid organizations themselves.
In the south, deliveries are possible without arrangements
Depending on the security situation, aid operations in the south sometimes have to be coordinated with the Israeli military. It goes on to say that 172 such missions have been planned since the beginning of January, of which 41 have been refused. In the south, deliveries are also possible without agreements with the Israeli military, which are not included in these statistics.
A delivery of fuel to run generator sets at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern part was only successful on Friday after seven days of unsuccessful attempts, OCHA said. At the end of January, the organization’s head, Martin Griffiths, wrote on Platform so threatened. We must do our best to give the people of Gaza a moment of hope.”