Israel still blocking most Gaza aid as military carries out more attacks

Authorities in Gaza claim that since the ceasefire agreement, which was signed by the United States, only partially allowed humanitarian aid into the region.

Between October 10 and October 31, Gaza’s Government Media Office reported in a statement on Saturday that 3, 203 commercial and aid trucks had flown goods there. Just 24 percent of the 600 trucks that are scheduled to enter Gaza daily as part of the deal, according to the statement. This is an average of 145 aid trucks per day.

The Israeli occupation’s obstructing humanitarian aid and commercial trucks is “absolutely unacceptable,” the statement from the office read.

Additionally, it demanded that mediators of the ceasefire agreement press Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza “without restrictions and conditions.”

Despite the truce’s effect, Palestinians in Gaza continue to be short of essential supplies due to Israeli restrictions, including food, water, medicine, and other supplies.

Many families are without adequate shelter because Israel’s two-year military bombardment completely destroyed their homes and neighborhoods.

UN’s humanitarian office reported on Thursday that aid collection has been “limited” as a result of the “rerouting ordered by the Israeli authorities,” according to a spokesman for Antonio Guterres.

“Convoises are now required to travel through the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egyptian border and then up the constricting coastal road. Farhan Haq told reporters that this road is congested, sever, and damaged.

To expand collections and response, “Additional crossings and internal routes are required.”

In addition, the Israeli military continues to attack Gaza in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

Israeli fighter jets, artillery, and tanks shelled areas of Khan Younis in the south of the country on Saturday. In northern Gaza, the army also destroyed residential structures east of the Jabalia refugee camp.

Beyond the so-called “yellow line,” where Israeli forces are stationed, witnesses in Khan Younis described “constant heavy shelling and drone fire hitting what’s left of residential homes and farmland,” according to Tareq Abu Azzoum of Al Jazeera.

The Civil Defense Agency in Gaza has also informed us that some sites are struggling to get to close to the yellow line because of continued airstrikes and Israeli drones hovering overhead, according to Abu Azzoum.

Since the ceasefire’s implementation, the enclave’s ministry of health claims that at least 222 Palestinians have been killed and 594 others have been injured by Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Israeli leaders have criticized Hamas for violating the ceasefire agreement by refusing to return all of the dead’s bodies from the enclave.

However, according to the Palestinian group, Israeli restrictions on the entry of heavy equipment and bulldozers to aid in the search have made the retrieval efforts more difficult.

The International Committee of the Red Cross announced late on Friday that Hamas had given the bodies of three people to Israel.