"Minutes after the first stage of the US-backed Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas kicked in at noon local time on Friday in the Palestinian territory, Eyad Amawi, a representative of the Gaza Relief Committee, a local organization coordinating smaller humanitarian NGOs, told DW that signs on the ground were that the Israeli military had gradually begun to withdraw."
"Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN's Palestine refugee agency, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said that there was enough food ready to be trucked into Gaza to feed the entire population for three months. This amounts to 170,000 metric tons [which means between 8,700 and 11,000 truckloads of 15 to 20 tons each] of food, medicine and other humanitarian aid, according to UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher."
""We will aim to increase the pipeline of supplies to hundreds of trucks every day," Fletcher said at a briefing in New York on Thursday, adding that the UN would "scale up the provision of food across Gaza to reach 2.1 million people who need food aid and around 500,000 people who need nutrition. Famine must be reverted in areas where it has taken hold and prevented in others.""
A US-backed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect at noon, and signs on the ground indicated a gradual Israeli military withdrawal. Humanitarian coordinators expect increases in food, tents, mobile shelters, and heavy equipment to remove rubble, clear roads, and prepare land for new camps as displaced people return. Staged supplies include 170,000 metric tons of food, medicine, and other aid—about 8,700–11,000 truckloads—enough to feed the population for three months. Humanitarian leadership aims to ramp up to hundreds of trucks per day and scale food provision to reach 2.1 million people and 500,000 requiring nutrition. Significant concern remains that supplies may still be insufficient.
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