Nearly 900 Aid Trucks Enter Gaza During Truce; UN Reports Minimal Looting Concerns

Nearly 900 Aid Trucks Enter Gaza During Truce; UN Reports Minimal Looting Concerns

Nearly 900 aid trucks for humanitarian purposes arrived in Gaza on the third day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to Reuters reports. A top UN official told the media that there was no evidence of problems with law and order.
The latest arrivals bring the total number of trucks entering the enclave to over 2,400 for three days. Muhannad Hadi, the highest UN humanitarian official responsible for Gaza, Gaza, and the West Bank, said there have been a few incidents of looting over the last three days, but “not like before.”

“It’s not organized crime. Children jumped onto trucks and tried to take food baskets. Some other people who attempted to get bottles of water,” the reporter was told after he visited the Palestinian Enclave in the morning.
“Hopefully within few days this will all disappear once the people of Gaza realize that we will have aid enough for everybody.”
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that 897 aid trucks arrived in Gaza yesterday. Gaza Strip yesterday, citing information from Israel as well as the guarantors of the ceasefire deal – that is, the United States, Egypt and Qatar.

This is compared to Sunday’s numbers of 630 and Monday’s of 915. The ceasefire agreement permits at least 600 truckloads of assistance to enter Gaza during the ceasefire’s first six weeks and includes 50 fuel trucks. A majority of those trucks are expected to travel towards Gaza’s north and northwestern regions, in which experts have warned that there is a risk of famine.

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