By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN agencies Thursday boosts up the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance in Gaza as the ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza is providing a critical window of relief for Palestinians.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that large volumes of aid continue to flow into Gaza through the Erez and Zikim crossings in the north, and Kerem Shalom in the south reached areas that had been inaccessible during the conflict.
It said that the humanitarian partners on the ground noted significant improvements in operations with the return of law and order following periods of intense looting of convoys by criminal gangs, enabling aid organizations to scale up their efforts.
UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York that in central and southern Gaza, monthly food distributions have resumed, providing full rations to affected families,
Over 118 trucks carrying food parcels and flour from UN Relief and Works Agency warehouses were transported to over 60 distribution points in the south.
UNICEF also dispatched high-energy biscuits and ready-to-use food, enough to feed thousands of infants.
Medical assistance is also surging in, with partners distributing medical disposables and trauma kits to 14 hospitals and reproductive health kits to 28 facilities, enough for about 58,000 people, OCHA stated.
OCHA stated that fuel deliveries, vital for sustaining critical infrastructure have resumed.
About 7 trucks of fuel were delivered to northern Gaza which made the first such shipment since the ceasefire began.
These supplies are powering backup generators for water wells, desalination plants, and sewage pumps, as well as facilities operated by UN agencies such as UNRWA and the WHO and partners.
In Gaza City, two of UNRWA’s primary health service points – the Beach health centre and Daraj medical point reopened, offering much-needed access to medical care, it stated.
OCHA and UN agencies stated that despite these efforts, the humanitarian situation remains dire.
It reported that most Palestinians are still forced to live in displacement sites, unable to return home due to widespread destruction, deadly explosive ordnance, or restrictions on movement to the north.
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