On Saturday, the second day of the humanitarian standoff between Israel and Hamas, a record number was reached: 187 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip and 61 of them reached the northern strip. main area of hostilities, the UN said today, which also took advantage of the ceasefire to clear 400 tons of waste that had piled up in the bunkers for weeks.
The 61 trucks sent by the Palestinian Red Crescent carried food, water, medicine and emergency supplies to the north of the strip. The area controlled by Israeli forces continues to order the evacuation of Palestinians south. Business said, humanitarians in your daily report.
They also imported 129,000 liters of fuel, according to the United Nations, essential for the operation of hospitals, desalination plants and other facilities, as well as four tanks of cooking gas on the second day of the ceasefire.
The lull in fighting and bombing, which the United Nations says is being effectively implemented, has also allowed the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) and other humanitarian actors to implement these measures and provide psychosocial support to internally displaced persons, the report said. states.
The number of displaced persons remains at 1.7 million. Nearly 80 percent of Gaza’s total population is affected, the United Nations recalls.
Israeli forces at security checkpoints that effectively divide Gaza in two continue to prohibit passage from south to north and make arrests, the report said.
The UN reaffirmed its concern about children being separated from their parents at these checkpoints and forced to move south alone, and stressed the urgency of setting up protection teams for these minors and responding to their specific needs.
On Saturday, the United Nations recalled: Hamas released 17 hostages (13 Israelis and four Thais), while Israel released 39 prisoners from its prisons (six women and 33 children); In addition, 15 injured and sick people, as well as two companions and medical personnel, left Gaza for Egypt.
Doctor Gilberto Conde, researchers from the Center for Asian and African Studies (CEEA) of the College of Mexico warned in Aristegui and Vivo that although the humanitarian pause was “an extremely important step” and necessary to stop “these massacres”, it only a truce that provides “breathing”. for the entry of 300 trucks carrying humanitarian aid per day for a minimum of four days and with the possibility of extension to a maximum of 10.
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(With information from EFE and Aristegui Noticias)
Source: La Neta Neta
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