UN: The Number Of Aids Entering Gaza Reaches The Lowest Figure Since Israel's War
JAKARTA - UN data show the amount of aid that has entered Gaza has reached its lowest level since Israel's war in the region began.
Only 836 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip this month, according to data compiled by the UN humanitarian aid agency, OCHA.
Prior to the war, an average of 500 aid and trade trucks entered the region every day.
The figures issued by COGAT, an Israeli agency coordinating aid to Gaza, show dozens of aid trucks entering Gaza every day, but hundreds await to be collected within the region.
Reported by CNN, on Wednesday, October 30, for example, 670 aid trucks were waiting for the collection, without specifying the cause of the delay.
So far in October, 24,000 tonnes of aid into Gaza compared to the highest number this year of 137,000 tonnes in April, according to COGAT.
Some backgrounds: The number of aid provided by the United Nations and COGAT is often different, especially because they count the number of aid trucks differently.
Israel calculated trucks arriving at the crossings for inspection and entry, while UN agencies counted trucks within Gaza arriving for distribution.
The figures released this Wednesday came after US government Joe Biden sent a letter to the Israeli government earlier this month demanding Israel take action to fix the humanitarian situation in Gaza in the next 30 days or risk violating US laws governing foreign military aid.
The US emphasized that if humanitarian aid was not accommodated, US military aid could be in a "dangerous".