Aid trucks have been trickling into Gaza from Egypt over the past week via Rafah, the main crossing that does not border Israel. It has become the main point of aid delivery since Israel imposed a "total siege" of the enclave in retaliation for an attack by Palestinian Hamas militants from Gaza on Oct 7.
UN officials have repeatedly said this was insufficient for the scale of needs of Gaza's civilian population of about 2.3 million, more than one million of whom have been made homeless by Israel's bombardment.
"More than one entry point into Gaza is indispensable if we are to make a difference - Kerem Shalom, between Israel and Gaza, is the only crossing equipped to rapidly process a sufficiently large number of trucks," senior UN aid official Lisa Doughten told the UN Security Council.
Doughten was speaking on behalf of UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, who is in Israel working to increase deliveries.
The United States is leading negotiations with Israel, Egypt and the UN to try and create a sustained delivery mechanism for aid to Gaza. They are wrangling over procedures for inspecting aid and bombardments on the Gaza side of the border.
Each truck has to offload its cargo at a checkpoint for inspection for possible arms and ammunition, then they are reloaded when the check is complete, UN World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said last week.
US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the number of trucks entering Gaza "must be scaled up urgently". The United States has been trying to balance staunch support for its ally Israel with growing global concern about the humanitarian crisis.
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2023-10-30 22:57:00Z
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