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The United Nations on Tuesday warned that fewer than 80% of aid trucks cleared by Israel have reached the Gaza Strip, as humanitarian conditions in the enclave continue to worsen under relentless bombardment and mass displacement.
Citing data from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that “since 17 May, only half of the pre-cleared supplies submitted for a second and final Israeli clearance has made it through to the Palestinian side.”
Humanitarian workers are “making the most of the limited opening that began last month,” Dujarric said, but added: “What’s coming in is still just a trickle and does not meet the immense needs on the ground.”
He noted that the U.N. and its partners submitted over 1,200 pre-cleared truckloads for final Israeli clearance — a process commonly referred to as “manifesting.” Of those, fewer than 80% were approved and dispatched from warehouses in Israel, totaling just over 940 truckloads.
“After undergoing scanning, offloading, reloading and being shuttled forward, just over 620 truckloads have made it to the Palestinian side,” Dujarric said.
The U.N. lacks full oversight of the delivery process, he added, because “Israeli authorities have not allowed us to deploy monitors at the crossing.” As a result, only about 370 truckloads have been collected and distributed within Gaza.
Dujarric also said that 10 of 13 attempts to coordinate life-saving humanitarian movements on Monday were denied by Israel.
“These included the collection of supplies from Kareem Shalom, but also other life-saving operations such as trucking water to North Gaza or relocating fuel stocks to where they are needed,” he said.
Dujarric further warned of a “sharp rise in child labor, early marriage and family separation,” adding that it “is all driven by hunger, displacement and economic turmoil.”
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