Israel and Hamas signed a deal Tuesday to bring more aid into the Palestinian enclave and medicine for Israeli hostages.
In Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestinians queue for some food. Among them, many displaced people who fled bombings by the Israeli army in the center and north of the territory.
According to the World Food Program, 90% of the population in the Palestinian enclave faces extreme hunger. A disastrous situation according to the UN, and which is getting worse every day.
“There are people starving in places where we are unable to provide basic foodstuffs. Needs are growing faster than our capacity to meet them. So we need to be able to move more goods and we need safe access to reach the people of Gaza, not just those near the borders”, explains Samer Abdeljaber, WFP country director for Palestine.
Around 300,000 people live among the ruins, and it is difficult for humanitarian organizations to access these areas.
Another obstacle, according to the UN. This month, less than a quarter of aid convoys have reached their destination in the north, because Israeli authorities refuse access.
On Tuesday, however, an agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas to deliver more humanitarian aid to civilians. In exchange, medicine will be sent to the Israeli hostages.
In the meantime, the conflict continues. The Israeli army’s bombings left more than 24,000 dead according to Hamas, which represents around 1% of the local population of the Gaza Strip.