Israel to allow dozens of aid trucks into Gaza each day, government says

Published connected 20/05/2025 - 15:58 GMT+2•Updated 16:48

Israel will facilitate nan introduction of "dozens of assistance trucks" from UN agencies successful nan Gaza Strip connected a regular ground successful nan coming days, a spokesperson from nan Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry told Euronews connected Tuesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced connected Sunday that Israel will let nan entranceway of UN assistance trucks aft 11 weeks of blockade. On Monday, 9 trucks were cleared to participate nan Strip.

At nan clip of writing, nan spokesperson told Euronews that a "dozen trucks" were already group to participate connected Tuesday.

"The items to beryllium supplied instantly include: Flour to nan main bakeries operated by world organisations, supplies to nan cardinal kitchens operated by world organisations, babe nutrient (and) aesculapian supplies," nan spokesperson said.

As Euronews antecedently reported, Gaza remained connected nan brink of famine aft awesome assistance organisations ran retired of nutrient stocks successful caller weeks, according to UN agencies moving successful nan territory.

Earlier successful May, nan International Court of Justice held a week of hearings connected Israel’s responsibility to "ensure and facilitate" humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians successful nan Strip.

During nan latest ceasefire that Israel ended successful March, immoderate 600 assistance trucks entered Gaza each day.

Israel trim disconnected nan introduction of assistance to Gaza connected 2 March and renewed its subject run connected 18 March successful a bid to unit Hamas into releasing nan remaining hostages nan militant group took successful its 7 October 2023 attack.

It besides banned practice pinch UNRWA's activities successful Gaza and nan occupied West Bank, claiming it has been infiltrated by Hamas, which nan UN humanitarian assistance agency powerfully denies.

The Israeli authorities has many times accused Hamas of controlling nan assistance travel and profiting from it, while allowing nan Palestinians successful nan Strip to starve.

In precocious April, Defence Minister Israel Katz said nan militant group should beryllium stripped of each entree to humanitarian assistance meant for Gaza, which he claimed Israel was allocating contempt nan blockade.

The blockade of assistance entering Gaza was criticised by nan world community, including by immoderate EU personnel states, Canada, nan UK and nan EU itself.

In a associated connection connected Monday, France, nan UK and Canada said nan business successful Gaza was "intolerable" and criticised nan first connection by nan Israeli authorities to let a basal amount of nutrient arsenic "inadequate".