Humanitarian emergency: After blockade: First aid goods according to Israel in the Gaza Strip

According to Israeli information, aid deliveries for the needy population have been returned to the Gaza Strip for the first time after an almost three -month blockade. Five trucks with relief goods had reached the coastal area after a thorough security check via the Kerem Schalom border crossing, said the authority Cogat responsible for Palestinian affairs. Several donor countries demanded that Israel have to allow aid deliveries to a significantly larger extent again.

Since the beginning of March, Israel had left no aid deliveries in the Gaza Strip. The country accuses the Hamas to resell the relief goods to finance their fighters and weapons. On Sunday, the Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprisingly announced that it would allow aid deliveries to the area again.

The basic supply of food is based on the recommendation of the army and to ensure that there is no famine, the explanation said. In his video address, Netanyahu also emphasized that the decision to let relief goods were made in the Gaza Strip again had been made, as this was important to secure international support.

Decision on printing of allies

Israel’s “Best Friends in the World” would have promised him any help to achieve the Israeli war goals, but for them the “pictures of hunger, mass hunger” were unbearable, he said. Especially the pressure from the USA may have brought Netanyahu to cancel the blockade.

From Netanyahus right -back government coalition, there had previously been violent criticism of the decision. Israel’s President Izchak Duke praised the decision of the security cabinet. It is crucial “so that we can preserve our humanity in this tragedy”.

In a video speech, Israel’s head of government emphasized in the morning that only a minimal amount of food would initially come to the area. In the announcement by the Cogat Authority, it was said that among other things, there were baby food among the auxiliary goods now delivered in the Gaza Strip.

Aid goods such as flour and fuel expected

According to Israeli media reports, relief supplies such as flour, baby food and fuel will initially be implemented in the sealed coastal strips with the help of international organizations, and a planned new mechanism of distribution on site will be implemented by the end of the month.

According to reports, goods should only be distributed from a few locations in the Gaza Strip. The UN had criticized the new mechanism, among other things because civilians got into the crossfire on the way to the distribution centers and, for example, old and sick could not reach them at all. Netanyahu emphasized that the first centers would start operating in the coming days.

According to the “Times of Israel”, the distribution centers are to be built in a new “humanitarian zone” in the area of ​​the city of Rafah in the south of the area. People who enter this zone were previously checked by Israel’s army, it said. In this way, the Israeli military wants to prevent members of Hamas from entering the area.

Herring countries require comprehensive help for gaza strips

In a joint appeal, the Foreign Minister of Germany and around 20 other donor countries asked Israel to allow significantly more aid deliveries in the Gaza Strip. “Allow the United Nations and the Humanitarian Organizations to work independently and impartially to save lives, to alleviate and maintain the dignity,” says the letter published by the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The authors also criticized the new mechanism. This undermine the role and independence of the UN and the reliable partner and link humanitarian aid with political and military goals.

Even, according to the UN Nothilfekoordinator Tom Fletcher, the latest deliveries are “just a drop on the hot stone”. According to the UN, a total of nine trucks had received permission from the Israeli authorities to drive into the Gaza Strip.

A few days ago, Israel’s army had started a new major offensive in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force has been flying massive attacks on destinations in the area for days. In the meantime, soil troops are also in use there. In the past few weeks, dozens of deaths have been reported from the Gaza Strip every day.

Israel’s army also called for residents of the city of Chan Junis in the south of the coastal area because of an upcoming “unprecedented attack” to flee from there. The Israeli military wants to act against terrorist organizations in this area. Chan Junis is the second largest city in the Gaza Strip. A army spokesman said that the military wanted to get the civilian population out of danger zones for their security. The emergency of people after more than a year and a half of war is likely to worsen.

The Gaza War started in October 2023 with a terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel. Around 1,200 people were killed and about 250 kidnapped. According to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, more than 53,300 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip in the war. The number does not differentiate between fighters and civilians and can hardly be checked independently.