A long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, UN agencies said yesterday after mounting pressure prompted Israel to ease restrictions in the Palestinian enclave.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said 60 trucks of aid had been dispatched but that this amount fell short of Gaza’s needs.
“Sixty is definitely not enough. So our target at the moment, every day is to get 100 trucks into Gaza,” WFP regional director for the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, Samer AbdelJaber, said.
The WFP said that almost 470,000 people in Gaza are enduring famine-like conditions, with 90,000 women and children in need of specialist nutrition treatments.
“I cannot say that in a week we will be able to really avert the risks. It has to be something continuous and scalable,” AbdelJaber said.
The WFP said it has 170,000 tonnes of food in the region, outside Gaza, which would be enough to feed the whole population for the next three months if it gets the clearance to bring into the enclave.
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