The Gaza Government Media Office says that merely 986 aid trucks have entered the besieged territory since the ceasefire between the Hamas resistance movement and the Israeli regime went into force on October 10.
The office reported that the arrived aid trucks account for only 15 percent of the 6,600 trucks that were expected to arrive by October 20.
It said the convoys consisted solely of 14 trucks that were transporting cooking gas and 28 trucks that were carrying solar fuel utilized for powering bakeries, generators, hospitals, and other vital facilities.
The supply continues to be critically inadequate after months of blockade and the “systematic destruction resulting from the genocide perpetrated by the ‘Israeli’ occupation against our people in the Gaza Strip,” it said.
Officials said that the average number of trucks that have been entering Gaza daily since the ceasefire entered into effect is just 89, which is considerably less than the 600 trucks that were previously agreed upon.
The statement characterized the situation as proof of Israel’s ongoing “policy of strangulation, starvation, and human blackmail” directed towards nearly 2 million inhabitants of Gaza.
“These limited quantities do not cover the minimum humanitarian and living needs,” the office warned.
It underlined the critical necessity for a consistent and unimpeded delivery of no fewer than 600 trucks each day, which should include food, medical and relief supplies, fuel, and cooking gas in order to satisfy fundamental survival needs.
The Government Media Office has reaffirmed that authorities in Gaza are prepared to collaborate with international humanitarian and relief organizations to enable the entry and distribution of aid throughout all governorates and vital sectors “for the benefit of our resilient Palestinian people.”
Since the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal in early October, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has documented approximately 90 Palestinian fatalities and more than 300 injuries resulting from continuous Israeli assaults throughout the strip. At least 100 ceasefire violations have been reported as well.
This is while a delegation of Hamas officials, attending talks with Turkish officials in Qatar, has stated that the Palestinian group remains committed to the ceasefire deal despite Israel’s “repeated violations.”
The first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire was aimed at bringing an end to Israel’s assault, a partial withdrawal of its troops to a so-called yellow line along Gaza’s borders, and a modest increase in humanitarian aid.
Last Monday, as part of the deal Hamas released all living captives, as well as the remains of 12 of the 28 dead Israeli captives.
In return, Israel freed 2,000 Palestinian detainees and returned 15 Palestinian bodies for every one dead Israeli captive returned.
Since the onset of the Israeli genocidal war in October 2023, the occupying regime has killed at least 68,229 Palestinians — mostly women and children — and reduced Gaza to ruins, drawing global outrage and calls for accountability.
Experts warn that the true death toll could reach hundreds of thousands once the missing and those buried beneath the ruins are fully counted.
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