While the Israeli Prime Minister announced on Tuesday that the bombings on Gaza would continue, the international community is trying to structure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gazan population.
At least 10 Palestinians, including three children and a woman, were killed Tuesday evening in a new Israeli airstrike on the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah.
As the raids continue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he “would ensure that Gaza never poses a threat to Israel again.”
B. Netanyahu pledged to extend the offensive to Rafah, a town in the south of the enclave, where half of Gaza’s population has sought refuge, and to continue fighting until Hamas is dismantled and that all the prisoners he holds be returned.
“We will finish the work in Rafah while allowing the civilian population to get out of danger.”
At least 31,184 Palestinians have been killed and 72,889 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7 according to Hamas, following the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel which left 1,139 people dead and dozens injured. hostages.
Concerning the number of Palestinian victims, “the number of children killed in just over four months in Gaza is more than the number of children killed in four years of wars across the world combined”indicated Philippe Lazzarini, the director of the United Nations aid agency for the Palestinians, UNRWA.
As the fighting continues, the international community is trying to structure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gazan population. A quarter of Gaza’s population is dying of starvation, according to the United Nations.
The World Food Program says food for 25,000 people was delivered to Gaza City during the first successful delivery to northern Gaza since February 20.
The United States authorities, for their part, claim to have airdropped aid boxes containing 2,400 kg of food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned goods over northern Gaza, as part of of a joint operation with Jordan.
Morocco sent 40 tonnes of supplies via an Israeli airport in its latest attempt to diversify relief routes to the besieged enclave.
But the account is not there. On Tuesday, the British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron urged Israeli authorities to open one of its ports to allow aid arriving by sea to flow to Gaza.
Speaking in the House of Lords, David Cameron insisted the UK was “doing everything it can” to increase aid to the besieged enclave, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are suffering. hunger.
The opening of a sea corridor, along with airdrops by the United States, Jordan and others, reflect growing concern over the deadly humanitarian crisis in Gaza and a new desire to circumvent Israeli control over land expeditions.
“If Israel really wanted to help, it could open the port of Ashdod, which is in Israel, a fully operational port that could really maximize the delivery of aid from Cyprus directly to Israel and therefore to Gaza”Cameron said.
But aid officials say air and sea deliveries cannot compensate for the lack of land routes.
“This cannot replace land delivery, which remains the best way to deliver aid at the scale needed. Israel must open more land routes, including in the north, for a longer duration and with fewer control requirements”declared the British minister.
The number of aid trucks entering Gaza daily is far fewer than the 500 that arrived before the war.
