A number A record 187 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza on the second day of the truce between Israel and Hamas, after having 61 of them arrived in the northern Gaza Strip.the main zone of hostilities, the UN reported this Sunday.
In its daily report on the situation on the ground, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it also took advantage of the humanitarian pause in the conflict to clean up 400 tons of garbage that had accumulated in shelters for weeks.
The 61 trucks, sent by the Palestinian Red Crescent, They took food, water, medicine and emergency supplies north of the Gaza Strip, controlled by Israeli forces, who continue to order the withdrawal of Palestinians to the south, OCHA added.
On the second day of the truce, 129,000 liters of fuel were also delivered, essential for the operation of hospitals, desalination plants and other facilities, as well as four tanker trucks of cooking gas, according to the UN.
The truce in the fighting and bombings that, according to the UN, is being effectively appliedalso enabled the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and other humanitarian actors to carry out 30,000 medical consultations and provide psychosocial support to internally displaced peoplesays the report.
According to the UN, there are currently around 1.7 million displaced people in the Gaza Strip, almost 80% of the enclave’s total population.
At security checkpoints that de facto divide Gaza into two halves, Israeli forces continue to block the passage from the south to the north and make arrests, the report states.
The UN reiterated its concern about children who are separated from their parents at these checkpoints and forced to walk alone towards the south, noting that it is urgent to create protective equipment and respond to their specific needs.
On Saturday, the UN recalled, Hamas freed 17 hostages (13 Israelis, one of them a Portuguese-Israeli, and four Thais), while Israel released 39 detainees from its prisons (six women and 33 children).
Additionally, 15 injured and sick people, along with family members and medical personnel, left Gaza for Egypt.
Source: TSF
