UN says humanitarian aid scale-up in Gaza still stalled despite improved access
The United Nations says humanitarian operations in Gaza have improved in recent days, allowing aid teams to reach many areas
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) — The United Nations says humanitarian operations in Gaza have improved in recent days, allowing aid teams to reach areas that were previously inaccessible. However, the large-scale entry of relief supplies remains on hold, with nearly 190,000 metric tons of aid awaiting approval to enter the besieged enclave.
At a UN briefing in Geneva, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said movement restrictions inside Gaza have eased, but the situation remains “very fluid.”
“Humanitarians are now able to move more easily in many areas,” Laerke said. “Teams are reaching people in places that were previously cut off.” He added that OCHA and its partners are using this window to pre-position supplies and deliver as much assistance as possible.
Over the weekend, more than 310,000 people moved—mostly from southern to northern Gaza—according to OCHA, with another 23,000 moving in the opposite direction.
Laerke noted that while a scale-up of aid deliveries is planned under the 20-point ceasefire plan, implementation has not yet begun. The 190,000 metric tons of aid—up from 170,000 previously—are positioned in Jordan, the West Bank, and Egypt, waiting to be cleared for entry into Gaza.
“It’s out of our hands when exactly it’s going to happen,” he said, emphasizing that the UN remains determined to expand its operations. “We need this scale-up. We won’t stop until we get it.”
OCHA spokesperson in Gaza, Olga Cherevko, said thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies have entered since the ceasefire took effect, including cooking gas “for the first time in over seven months.” Israel reported that 817 aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday.
Cherevko said UN teams are restoring water access, providing bread and hot meals, resupplying hospitals, delivering fuel for bakeries and desalination plants, repairing roads, and preparing displaced families for winter.
“The ceasefire has ended the fighting, but it hasn’t ended the crisis,” she said.
OCHA reports movement inside Gaza has eased, but 190,000 tons of relief supplies remain stuck pending approval
NEW YORK, United States (MNTV) — The United Nations says humanitarian operations in Gaza have improved in recent days, allowing aid teams to reach areas that were previously inaccessible. However, the large-scale entry of relief supplies remains on hold, with nearly 190,000 metric tons of aid awaiting approval to enter the besieged enclave.
At a UN briefing in Geneva, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said movement restrictions inside Gaza have eased, but the situation remains “very fluid.”
“Humanitarians are now able to move more easily in many areas,” Laerke said. “Teams are reaching people in places that were previously cut off.” He added that OCHA and its partners are using this window to pre-position supplies and deliver as much assistance as possible.
Over the weekend, more than 310,000 people moved—mostly from southern to northern Gaza—according to OCHA, with another 23,000 moving in the opposite direction.
Laerke noted that while a scale-up of aid deliveries is planned under the 20-point ceasefire plan, implementation has not yet begun. The 190,000 metric tons of aid—up from 170,000 previously—are positioned in Jordan, the West Bank, and Egypt, waiting to be cleared for entry into Gaza.
“It’s out of our hands when exactly it’s going to happen,” he said, emphasizing that the UN remains determined to expand its operations. “We need this scale-up. We won’t stop until we get it.”
OCHA spokesperson in Gaza, Olga Cherevko, said thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies have entered since the ceasefire took effect, including cooking gas “for the first time in over seven months.” Israel reported that 817 aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday.
Cherevko said UN teams are restoring water access, providing bread and hot meals, resupplying hospitals, delivering fuel for bakeries and desalination plants, repairing roads, and preparing displaced families for winter.
“The ceasefire has ended the fighting, but it hasn’t ended the crisis,” she said.
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