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Aid groups call on Israel to end ‘weaponization’ of aid in Gaza
Aid groups say less than a fraction of necessary aid reaches Gaza civilians due to Israeli restrictions, worsening a humanitarian crisis amid ongoing blockade since March.
- On Wednesday, COGAT reported that 380 trucks of aid entered Gaza during a two-month ceasefire, amid ongoing humanitarian challenges.
- This follows Israel's March blockade of Gaza and aid groups' demands to permit 600 trucks daily, citing insufficient life-saving assistance delivery.
- Aid groups and UN agencies have resumed limited aid deliveries but warn that bottlenecks, military escort demands, and registration rules hinder effective relief.
- A letter from NGOs including Oxfam accused Israel of 'weaponising aid' to control Gaza and silencing independent groups by enforcing donor and staff vetting.
- These restrictions keep most humanitarian supplies from reaching civilians, worsen Gaza's crisis, and prompt international criticism alongside expanding Palestinian evacuations by Italy.
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More Relief Supplies Enter Gaza, but Aid Groups Warn of Bottlenecks
The Israeli authorities have asserted that more aid trucks are entering the Gaza Strip, but humanitarian groups warn that bottlenecks are preventing relief supplies from reaching the most vulnerable people in the war-ridden territory. Cogat, the Israeli security agency responsible for coordinating aid deliveries into Gaza, has said roughly 300 trucks of relief supplies and commercial goods have entered Gaza daily in recent days. And the price of…
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More than 100 aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza
More than 100 non-profit groups warned Thursday that Israel's rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations with those that serve Israel's political and military agenda, charges that Israel denied.
As they warned, since 2 March no single truck has entered with essential assistance from major international organizations.
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