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, 

[still kicking]

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, 

BS 

[thaipo7]

21 hours 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, 

Hamas leaders have been taking all the food THEY need and more.  Why does Israel need to be the one to feed them.

[koolkarl]

Look how many women had babies during this war.  Selfish and brainwashed by their religion.  

[Thingamabob]

UN fails to point out that Hamas have more than enough food.

[ChipButty]

There is no famine in Gaza, 

 

 

[portisaacozzy]

22 hours ago, still kicking said:

BS 

if you believe that then you will believe anything !

[impulse]

On 7/28/2025 at 5:41 PM, 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, 

 

If you believe that, I have a bridge for sale.  It's in London Arizona.

 

[ChipButty]

Starving in Gaza? go check out this Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/thailandi_gaza/?hl=en  

[ChipButty]

NEW Circulating Footage Shows The "FAMINE" in Gaza is a Complete Lie!

 

 

[bannork]

'Worst-case scenario of famine' unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed hunger monitor

Famine is now unfolding in Gaza, the leading global authority on food crises said on Tuesday, predicting "widespread death" without immediate action.

 

"The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," said the alert by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

 

"Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths. Failure to act now will result in widespread death in much of the Strip."

 

'Worst-case scenario of famine' unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed hunger monitor

 

[billd766]

On 7/28/2025 at 4:41 PM, 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, 

The easiest answer is for Israel to completely lift its illegal blockade of food, fuel, medicine water etc, kick ALL the illegal settlers out of Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and anywhere else that they have occupied. Hold new elections, throw Netanyahu and his Zionist war cabinet in jail where they belong. Then withdraw ALL Israeli military forces back in Israel where they can do what they want.

[billd766]

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

There is no famine in Gaza, 

 

 

Total and utter BS.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Starving in Gaza? go check out this Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/thailandi_gaza/?hl=en  

You get your news from Instagram, and you actually believe it?

[ChipButty]

On 7/28/2025 at 5:14 PM, still kicking said:

BS 

We dont want to know what is between your ears, 

[JonnyF]

On 7/28/2025 at 4:33 PM, CharlieH said:

However, the UN’s aid chief, Tom Fletcher, described the deliveries as only a “drop in the ocean”

 

Someone should tell the pilots to drop it onto land. 

[Explorator en Actione]

On 7/27/2025 at 11:33 PM, CharlieH said:

 

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

 

 

President Trump has his way, there will be a 7/11 and McDonalds on every corner, Oh, wait, there are no more streets or corners to put them on……soon, soon.