UAE, Egypt, Jordan Deliver Aid To Gaza After Israel Announced Tactical Pause
Countries including the UAE, Jordan, and Egypt have started delivering aid to Gaza by land and air after Israel announced a ‘tactical pause in military activity’ in parts of Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it to set up designated humanitarian corridors for UN convoys to ‘refute the false claim on intentional starvation’.
Separately, the IDF also said to drop seven packages of aid into Gaza, leading to Palestinians fighting each other to get them.
Israel has been facing mounting pressure from Western governments regarding aid agencies’ warnings of mass starvation taking place in Gaza.
As per the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, at least 127 people have died from malnutrition since the war began.
The Jordanian army has released footage showing Jordanian and Emirati planes dropping aid over the Gaza Strip.
“The Jordanian Armed Forces carried out three air drops on the Gaza Strip carrying humanitarian and food aid, one of which was with the United Arab Emirates”, the military said, adding that they were carrying 25 tonnes of aid.
The Israeli government is alleged to be guilty of starving Gaza while dismantling the mechanism of the United Nations and humanitarian organizations’ aid program. Israel is reportedly responsible for causing the starvation of around 133 people, including 87 children, as per a Haaretz report.
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However, Israeli spokespersons have been blaming the UN for conditions in Gaza, showing drone footage of food and aid waiting on the Palestinian side of Kerem Shalom crossing as proof of the UN’s failure to get the goods to the people.
Israel is due to begin another 10-hour halt in military activity in parts of Gaza to allow aid deliveries, which come after aid agencies warned of mass starvation across Gaza. The World Health Organisation said that malnutrition had reached alarming levels.
However, aid has been reaching Gaza, but it is said to be a tiny fraction of Gaza’s daily needs.
