Rafah crossing to open for aid

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UN says Gaza needs aid deliveries of at least 100 trucks a day

While the agreement to allow aid through the Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza was a breakthrough, the flow of relief will still fall short of the perceived need, Reuters reports.

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Wednesday that the organisation sought to bring aid deliveries to Gaza back to 100 trucks a day, the level before the Israel-Hamas conflict.

 

Rafah crossing to open for aid: what we know

Here is what we know about the desperately-needed aid being allowed into Gaza.

• Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

• The announcement to allow water, food and other supplies happened as fury over the blast at Gaza City’s al-Ahli Hospital spread across the Middle East, and as US President Joe Biden visited Israel in hopes of preventing a wider conflict in the region.

• Biden said Egypt’s president agreed to open the crossing and to let in an initial group of 20 trucks with humanitarian aid. If Hamas confiscates aid, “it will end,” he said.

• The aid will start moving Friday at the earliest, White House officials said.

• Egypt must still repair the road across the border that was cratered by Israeli airstrikes. More than 200 trucks and some 3,000 tons of aid are positioned at or near the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt, said the head of the Red Crescent for North Sinai, Khalid Zayed.

• Supplies will go in under supervision of the UN, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told Al-Arabiya TV. Asked if foreigners and dual nationals seeking to leave would be let through, he said: “As long as the crossing is operating normally and the (crossing) facility has been repaired.”

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the decision was approved after a request from Biden. It said Israel “will not thwart” deliveries of food, water or medicine from Egypt, as long as they are limited to civilians in the south of the Gaza Strip and don’t go to Hamas militants.

• Israel’s statement made no mention of fuel, which is badly needed for hospital generators.

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

26 minutes ago, Social Media said:

Biden said Egypt’s president agreed to open the crossing and to let in an initial group of 20 trucks with humanitarian aid. If Hamas confiscates aid, “it will end,” he said.

and whom decides that? If it's up to the israelis I reckon the trucks will be stopping almost soon as they start. I doubt they want any aid going through, but need to look as though they care, and biden needed something to "prove" his trip wasn't just a waste of jet fuel ( it was IMO ).

Blaming it on Hamas is just too easy.

[thaibeachlovers]

29 minutes ago, Social Media said:

The aid will start moving Friday at the earliest, White House officials said.

and how many will die before any aid gets anywhere in Gaza? Be interesting to see if israel bombs the convoys, though even they may realise that would not be a good idea. Of course they could, and then claim that Hamas blew them up.

[thaibeachlovers]

33 minutes ago, Social Media said:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the decision was approved after a request from Biden. It said Israel “will not thwart” deliveries of food, water or medicine from Egypt, as long as they are limited to civilians in the south of the Gaza Strip and don’t go to Hamas militants.

Given that most if not all Gazans by now probably support Hamas, that will be a tough call to prove the aid is not going to "Hamas". Perhaps aid will only be allowed for children under 6 years old.

Will it be OK if medical supplies are used to treat wounded Hamas fighters, or are they to be barred from hospitals?

[thaibeachlovers]

37 minutes ago, Social Media said:

Israel’s statement made no mention of fuel, which is badly needed for hospital generators.

Without fuel, aid makes little difference, as how can it be delivered without trucks? Do they expect a million people to q up at the border?

[Bkk Brian]

10 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Without fuel, aid makes little difference, as how can it be delivered without trucks? Do they expect a million people to q up at the border?

You're funny...................

 

50 minutes ago, Social Media said:

agreed to open the crossing and to let in an initial group of 20 trucks

 

[Morch]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

and whom decides that? If it's up to the israelis I reckon the trucks will be stopping almost soon as they start. I doubt they want any aid going through, but need to look as though they care, and biden needed something to "prove" his trip wasn't just a waste of jet fuel ( it was IMO ).

Blaming it on Hamas is just too easy.

Israel provided proof to support its claims.

Hamas did not.

 

Pictures seem to support the Israeli version.

 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

and how many will die before any aid gets anywhere in Gaza? Be interesting to see if israel bombs the convoys, though even they may realise that would not be a good idea. Of course they could, and then claim that Hamas blew them up.

Sound like you're almost eager for that to happen, only so that you'll have something to rant about and rile against.

 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Given that most if not all Gazans by now probably support Hamas, that will be a tough call to prove the aid is not going to "Hamas". Perhaps aid will only be allowed for children under 6 years old.

Will it be OK if medical supplies are used to treat wounded Hamas fighters, or are they to be barred from hospitals?

It is not a given, it's your opinion. Do you think many Gazans aren't angry at the Hamas for bringing this on their heads? People are perfectly able to divide their hatred between two targets. Even UNRWA complained about the Hamas stealing its supplies, yet you go on with fantasies of things that may or may not happen.

 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Without fuel, aid makes little difference, as how can it be delivered without trucks? Do they expect a million people to q up at the border?

The 'delivery area' is mostly at the south of the Gaza Strip, and the article mentions trucks.