Dozens of humanitarian aid trucks for Gaza are still sitting at border entrances
According to aid groups, Israel began allowing dozens of humanitarian trucks to enter Gaza, but aid has not yet been urgently needed to reach Palestinians.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday night that despite the aid entering Gaza, aid workers were unable to bring it to the most needed distribution point as Israeli military forces them to reload supplies onto separate trucks and workers run out of time.
Internal notes circulated between aid groups on Wednesday and were seen by the Associated Press, no humanitarian trucks left Kerem Shalom, the border crossing point in southern Gaza operated by Israel. Notes say 65 trucks moved from the Israeli side of the intersection to the Palestinian side but did not enter Gaza.
The Israeli defense agency that monitors humanitarian aid to Gaza said the truck entered Gaza on Wednesday morning, but it is unclear whether the aid will continue to enter Gaza for distribution. The UN Palestinian refugee agency said they waited for hours to collect aid from the border crossings to start distribution, but could not do so on Tuesday.
Pope Leo called on Wednesday to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, saying the situation was “more worrying and sad.”
“I updated my enthusiastic appeal to allow fair humanitarian help and end hostilities, a devastating price paid by children, the elderly and patients,” said the new pope in St. Peter's Square in his first weekly large audience in St. Peter's Square.
The Gaza hospital said at least 45 people went on strike overnight, including several women and a week old baby. Although Israel has aroused international anger within the Israeli offensive range, Israel’s war against Hamas showed no signs of forgetting.
happen6:32Canada warns Israel, will Gaza have any impact?
Leaders in Canada, Britain and France issued a joint statement threatening actions against Israel if it does not stop its new military offensive in Gaza and raise restrictions on humanitarian aid. Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Louis Blais happened to receive Nil Kwksal, talking about why such claims were so late in the conflict and whether it made a difference to the people of Gaza.
14 families were killed
Meanwhile, Israel's strike continued to blow up the territory. The Gaza hospital said at least 45 people went on strike overnight, including several women and a week old baby.
In the southern city of Khan Younis, Israel recently ordered a new evacuation until there was an expected offensive, with 24 people killed, 14 of whom were from the same family. A week old baby was killed in central Gaza.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strike, but said it targeted Hamas infrastructure and accused Hamas militants of action from civilian areas.
Although Israel has aroused international anger within the Israeli offensive range, Israel’s war against Hamas showed no signs of forgetting.
On Tuesday, Britain suspended free trade talks with Israel about its intensified attacks, a step the next day in the country, with Canada and France pledging to remind Israel to stop the war. In addition, the EU's foreign policy head Kaja Kallas said the group is reviewing the EU's dominance agreement related to Israel's war in Gaza.
Britain suspended free trade talks with Israel, convened an ambassador and announced further sanctions on West Bank settlers as Foreign Minister David Lammy condemned the “weird” military escalation in Gaza.
There is no breakthrough in negotiations hosted by Qatar
Israel said that once all the hostages taken by Hamas returned to their homes, they were prepared to stop the war, and Hamas was defeated, or exiled and disarmed. Hamas said he was ready to release the hostages in exchange for the entire Israeli evacuation from the territory and the end of the war. It rejects demands for exile and disarmament.
Israel convened its senior negotiating team during Ceasefire talks in the Qatar capital Doha on Tuesday, saying it would bring the lower-level officials the opposite.
The war in Gaza began with Hamas-led militants attacking southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, including Canadian citizens, and kidnapped 251. The militants are still holding 58 prisoners, about a third of which are believed to be alive, most of the rest after returning in a ceasefire agreement or other transactions.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel's retaliatory offensive destroyed a large swathe of Gaza, killing more than 53,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children.
