UN Secretary-General Guterres stated that Israel is only allowing a "teaspoon of aid" into Gaza despite the urgent need for a "flood of assistance," also signaling the UN's refusal to participate in a new U.S.-backed distribution plan due to concerns over impartiality and neutrality. While Israel claims 300 trucks have entered Gaza since Monday, only a third have reached warehouses due to insecurity, and the UN insists on using its own plan to deliver 160,000 pallets of aid, citing adherence to international law and humanitarian principles.
United Nations Secretary-General Guterres has sharply criticized Israel's facilitation of aid into Gaza, stating it "amounts to a teaspoon of aid when a flood of assistance is required," and indicated the U.N. will not participate in a new U.S.-backed distribution plan managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation due to concerns over its impartiality and adherence to international humanitarian principles. While Israel reports that approximately 300 aid trucks entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing since lifting an 11-week blockade on Monday, Guterres noted that insecurity has resulted in only about one-third of these deliveries reaching warehouses. The U.N. stands ready with its own plan, having 160,000 pallets of aid, equivalent to nearly 9,000 truckloads, awaiting deployment. Israel's restrictions and the proposed new distribution model, which involves private security contractors, are part of its efforts to prevent aid diversion by Hamas, a claim Hamas denies. This situation underscores a critical impasse in humanitarian operations, significant logistical hurdles in a volatile security environment, and fundamental disagreements on aid delivery mechanisms between major international bodies and Israel.
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