Under the impression of the extremely poor supply situation The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging an immediate expansion of aid deliveries for the people in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of trucks with urgently needed goods are waiting in front of the Rafah border crossing, says a WHO spokesman in Geneva.
“Everything is ready, the logistics are there, the convoys are there, the deliveries are there, what is not there is access,” says WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier. According to current UN figures, a total of 500 trucks have reached the Gaza Strip since the Gaza war broke out a month ago. However, 500 such loads would be required per dayis it[called
In view of the fighting, over half of the population of the Gaza Strip has fled to the south of the sealed-off coastal area and has to be cared for there.