Middle East Aid deliveries a ‘drop in the ocean’ amid Gaza’s desperate hunger, UN says

[CharlieH]

 

UN Warns Gaza Aid Still Critically Insufficient Despite Limited Deliveries

Israel’s 11-week total aid blockade of Gaza, which began in March in an effort to pressure Hamas to release hostages, has left the population facing extreme hunger, with only a limited flow of food, fuel, and medical supplies entering since May.

 

The blockade has drawn widespread criticism, with Israel accused of using food as a political weapon and violating international law by collectively punishing civilians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the claims, calling allegations of a deliberate starvation campaign “a bold faced lie.”

 

On Monday, Israel stated that over 120 truckloads of aid were distributed by the UN and international organisations in Gaza. According to COGAT, the Israeli body coordinating aid to the region, another 180 trucks entered Gaza and await distribution, in addition to hundreds more queued for pickup by the UN.

 

However, the UN’s aid chief, Tom Fletcher, described the deliveries as only a “drop in the ocean” compared to what is urgently needed. He said that during the previous 42-day ceasefire, which began after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, between 600–700 aid trucks entered Gaza each day.

 

Fletcher warned the coming days are “make or break,” stressing that humanitarian agencies could reach all civilians in Gaza within weeks if granted full access, permits, and security guarantees. He noted that while significant quantities of food entered Gaza on Monday, much of it was looted by desperate civilians as it crossed the border.

 

He said hundreds of thousands remain “desperately hungry” and that brief humanitarian pauses lasting a week or less are insufficient in the face of what he described as a “21st-century atrocity.” Fletcher also expressed concern over the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed group involved in aid delivery, calling for distribution to be handled in a “more principled, humanitarian way.”

 

The UN continues to call for a sustained ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to prevent further deterioration of the crisis.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Guardian 2025-07-26

 

 

[ChipButty]

There is an easy answer to all this, hand over the hostages and surrender all your weapons, you can have all the food you need, 

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32 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

There is an easy answer to all this, hand over the hostages and surrender all your weapons, you can have all the food you need, 

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