Israel failing to provide enough aid to war-torn Gaza, aid agencies say

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-13/us-israel-aid-responsibilities-to-war-torn-gaza/104592994

American military support for Israel will continue for the time-being, 30 days after the Biden administration issued an ultimatum to the Netanyahu government to improve humanitarian conditions in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
“But if you look at the November numbers, we are holding steady at around 50 trucks per day to northern Gaza and 150 per day to the rest of Gaza.”
Almost 39,000 tonnes of aid was taken into the territory in October this year, down from its peak of about 137,000 tonnes in April this year.
UNRWA director of relief and social service Roger Hearn has just left Gaza, and said it is “unrecognisable”.
The Australian has been travelling to the territory for more than 20 years, and his latest trip is seared into his memory.
He said only 17 per cent of food needed for Gaza is currently getting in.
“Yet we have trucks that have been lined up in the Sinai Desert [in Egypt] and stuck in Ashdod port in Israel for months and months and months,” Mr Hearn said.
“That, for me, is the absolute devastating factor — that we could feed the entire Gaza strip for months to come, but we can’t get that food in.”
Dave