"Unrwa has enough food, tents and other essentials to fill the equivalent of up to 6,000 trucks, Boucly said. As winter approaches and famine continues to grip the population, it is critical that all this aid is allowed into Gaza without delay, she said. Our supplies would be able to provide food for the entire population for about three months. And that is sitting outside [in Jordan and Egypt], not able to come in."
"She estimated that only about half, if that, of the 500-600 daily truckloads needed were getting into the devastated territory. Boucly said Israel as an occupying power was not abiding by international humanitarian law and international human rights law, referencing the fourth Geneva convention as well as a recent advisory opinion from the international court of justice that said Israel had to ensure the people of the occupied Palestinian territory had the essential supplies of daily life."
Restrictions on aid flows into Gaza have left the population critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter approaches. Unrwa holds supplies equivalent to up to 6,000 trucks, sufficient to feed the entire population for about three months, but those supplies remain outside Gaza in Jordan and Egypt. Only about half, if that, of the 500–600 daily truckloads needed are entering the devastated territory. An advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on 22 October concluded that Israel must ensure essential supplies to the occupied Palestinian territory and cooperate with Unrwa, finding no evidence that Unrwa lacked neutrality.
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