Israeli forces turned back a UN aid convoy from a checkpoint in northern Gaza. Then ‘reckless people’ looted it. According to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).
The Israeli army turned back a convoy of 14 trucks carrying food aid after a three-hour wait at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint in southeastern Gaza, WFP said.
WFP made its first attempt to send an aid convoy to northern Gaza on Tuesday after suspending aid distribution since February 20. The United Nations food agency has suspended aid distribution after hundreds of Palestinians were killed and hundreds more were shot in Gaza City in northern Gaza. Killed by Israeli forces.
WFP said in a statement that after Israeli forces diverted an aid convoy from Wadi Gaza, a large group of vandals looted food from the convoy on its way back. They looted about 200 tons of food. They are exploring all means of sending food to northern Gaza, but much food is needed to avoid famine. And it can only be taken by road. Together with the Jordanian Air Force, they dropped 6 tons of food in northern Gaza early Tuesday morning. The organization said that this food is enough for 20 thousand people.
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has warned that a “very dangerous” situation will arise if there is no ceasefire in Gaza before the Holy Ramadan. Biden issued the warning on Tuesday. At the same time, he said, accepting the ceasefire agreement depends on Hamas. A possible ceasefire agreement in Gaza is being discussed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Meanwhile, for the second time in Gaza, the US military dropped relief aid from the plane. Biden told ally Israel there would be no excuse not to allow more aid to reach Gaza.
On the other hand, the United States is disappointed that Hamas did not agree to the terms of the ceasefire, including the release of the hostages. In this context, such a statement came from the side of Biden.
On the other hand, Osama Hamdan, a senior official of the Palestinian independence organization Hamas, said that the Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages can be exchanged only if there is a ceasefire in Gaza. Ceasefire talks are underway between Hamas, Egyptian and Qatari officials in Cairo. Hamdan said this. Talks showed no signs of progress.
Hamdan reiterated his party’s terms for the ceasefire deal at a news conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday. These are the end of Israeli military operations, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the return of displaced Palestinians who fled to other parts of Gaza.
The death toll from Israel’s military operation in Gaza has risen to 30,717. Another 72 thousand 156 people were injured. About 86 Palestinians have been killed in fresh attacks in Gaza in the past 24 hours. Another 113 people were injured at this time.
