The Government Media Office's statement clarified that "the average number of trucks entering the Gaza Strip daily since the ceasefire began has only reached 89, out of a total of 600 trucks expected to enter daily," considering that this "reflects the continued policy of strangulation, starvation, and human extortion practiced by the occupation against more than 2.4 million citizens in Gaza."
The government office stressed that the limited amounts of aid reaching the Gaza Strip "do not cover the minimum humanitarian and living needs," reiterating the Gaza Strip's urgent need for "a regular flow of at least 600 aid trucks daily, including food, medical and relief supplies, operating fuel, and cooking gas, to ensure the minimum necessities of life."
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Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem had previously accused Israel of "exploiting the aid issue to blackmail the political situation while threatening starvation once again," adding that "the occupation has not abandoned its policy of starving our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip."
Hamish Young, UNICEF's Senior Emergency Coordinator, described the situation in the Gaza Strip as "catastrophic," stressing the organization's need for large quantities of food supplies to address the effects of famine in the northern Gaza Strip.
The World Bank has previously indicated in reports that the two-year Israeli genocide has turned the population of the Gaza Strip into "poor people."
The World Food Programme stressed that the continuation of the ceasefire is "vital to deliver aid to Gaza and save lives," calling for the opening of all crossings leading to the besieged Palestinian enclave.
"The continuation of the ceasefire is vital. It is the only way to save lives and combat famine in northern Gaza," WFP spokesperson Abeer Etefa said at a press conference in Geneva.
Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 8, 2023, Israel has pursued, according to humanitarian organizations, a systematic starvation policy that has resulted in the deaths of 463 Palestinians, including 157 children.
The meager humanitarian aid that entered the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, which took effect on October 10, has failed to break the famine or begin to address its effects, especially given the sharp deterioration in the economic conditions of the majority of Palestinians, which prevents them from purchasing food.
