UN and local sources say trucks remain stopped at the crossing, without food or medicines coming to civilians since March 2
No help has reached the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip by Wednesday, despite the Israeli allegations that dozens of trucks entered.
Since March 2, Israel imposes a full blockade on Gaza, preventing food, medical supplies or goods from entering the besieged enclave.
On Sunday, Israel stated that it would allow a “basic amount of food” to enter Gaza so that it described as “diplomatic reasons” designed to relieve international pressure that could force the end of the ongoing war.
The Israeli army stated that more than 90 aid trucks entered the track this week.
However, sources in Gaza told Middle East Eye that trucks remain stopped on the Palestinian side of the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.
Humanitarian organizations confirmed that no humanitarian aid has been distributed.
“No help has entered the Gaza range since March 2,” said Nahed Shuhibar, head of the Gaza Private Transportation Association, in an interview with Alaruby TV.
“Help trucks are still arrested at the intersection of Karem Abu Salem.”
Unrwa spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna confirmed that although thousands of aid trucks are lined up, none has entered the storage facilities or has reached the needy inside Gaza.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujaric said the delay is complicated by Israeli demands, involving discharging supplies on the Palestinian side and recharging them separately when UN access from Gaza is guaranteed.
The Palestinians in Gaza are facing worse and worse conditions and say that promises of help are just media illusions.
Barham Zarroub, resident of Gaza, expressed skepticism regarding the reports.
“They said trucks would come in, allegedly bringing help to the Gaza Strip. But no truck arrived in Gaza. We saw nothing in the institutions, not even inside Gaza, to indicate any delivery,” he told Mee.
Even if some help arrived, he added, “she would not even cover 2% of the population,” based on the number of trucks that would enter.
“This means that only a few families can receive something, and many people may not receive anything,” said Zarroub.
‘Gout in the ocean’
According to UN estimates, at least 600 trucks are required to start dealing with Gaza’s severe humanitarian crisis.
Dujaric said that although the arrival of aid was a positive sign, it was “a drop in the ocean” compared to what is needed.
Razan Ahmad, talking about Khan Youis’s market, described the situation as desperate.
“Right now, I’m in the area of Zahra trying to find flour for my children, but I can’t find anything,” she said.
“Honestly, everything that is being released on social networks and in Hebrew and Arab media is completely false.”
She rejected the reports of trucks entering Gaza as “malicious rumors.”
Hajj Ahmad, another resident of Gaza, shared similar frustration.
“For more than two months, we have no food, no meat, no milk. We need calcium, we need protein – all this has been private,” he told Mee.
“When they said the humanitarian aid trucks would arrive, we got excited. But it was all in vain. Just look at the markets: there’s nothing, absolutely nothing.”
The Israeli War in Gaza has killed 53,655 Palestinians since October 7, 2023, including more than 15,000 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
At least 58 people died due to malnutrition and 242 due to lack of food and medicines, according to the Gaza government’s press office.
Originally published by Mee on 21/05/2025
On Ahmed Azizem Khan Younis, occupied Palestine
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