Maarouf: Only 163 trucks enter the Gaza Strip daily
The number of aid trucks that entered the Gaza Strip during the month of April was (4887) aid trucks, including (1166) trucks from the Rafah crossing, and (3721) trucks from the Kerem Abu Salem crossing, while only (419) entered the northern Gaza Strip. One truck out of the total of these trucks.
Salama Maarouf, head of the government media office, said that this means that the average daily aid trucks are (163) trucks, and this number is much less than the people’s need. The Palestinians, especially in northern Gaza, contradict American statements and Israeli allegations about increasing aid trucks and introducing 300-400 aid trucks daily.
Marouf explained that although there was a limited increase in the number of trucks entering daily during the second half of the month, the total number of trucks did not change significantly due to the crossings not operating several days during the month for various reasons. Which means that the occupation is still maintaining approximately the same pace and is seeking to convince the world that the reality of introducing aid has changed.
He added: “They represent trucks.” The aid that reached northern Gaza is only about 8% of the total of these trucks, even though the northern regions are the most in need and most exposed to the food security crisis and there are 700,000 citizens. This modest amount cannot meet their various food and life needs, which requires work to increase the number of aid trucks. “Maarouf called for the permanent opening of all crossings into the Gaza Strip, and facilitating the arrival of aid by no less than 1,000 trucks per day, to overcome the effects of the food crisis that is afflicting our citizens in the middle of And the southern Gaza Strip, and ending famine and the lack of food security indicators in the northern Gaza Strip.
He condemned the occupation’s practices of restricting the work of relief institutions, targeting their crews, preventing them from working, and controlling the quantities of food that reach our people to keep them below the levels of food security, and we affirm that These practices are crimes that require accountability, and contradict the measures issued by the International Court of Justice, the UN Security Council resolution in particular, and the continuing American talk about the necessity of increasing the number of aid trucks.
Marouf called for a more effective role for UNRWA and relief organizations. affiliated with the United Nations, such as the World Food Programme, and lift the hand of occupation from these organizations, end all forms of restrictions on them, and allow them to freely carry out their work.
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