News - Middle East: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) says Israel is blocking the entry of around 6,000 trucks loaded with food, medicine and relief supplies destined for Gaza, enough to sustain the besieged territory for three months.

UNRWA media adviser Adnan Abu Hasna said on Tuesday that although the amount of aid entering the besieged territory has “nominally increased” since the ceasefire took effect in October, the flow remains far below the level required to meet the overwhelming needs of a population devastated by two years of genocide and blockade.

In October, Israel notified the United Nations that it would only allow 300 aid trucks into the besieged strip each day, cutting the agreed number by half.

Abu Hasna said ever since, the Tel Aviv regime has prevented the entry of essential items, including medical supplies, water, sanitation equipment, and basic foodstuffs.

The shipment Israel is holding also contains hundreds of thousands of tents and blankets intended for the 1.3 million displaced Palestinians across the territory.

“What has been allowed in is a limited number of trucks carrying commercial goods,” Abu Hasna said, adding that 95 percent of Gaza’s population relies entirely on humanitarian aid and cannot afford to buy commercial items even if they reach the market.

Most families, he said, have lost all purchasing power, leaving aid as their only means of survival.

UNRWA says it is continuing to negotiate access for the seized shipments but warns that the situation is becoming “unmanageable.”

Meanwhile, human rights organizations warn that the shortage of food, clean water, medicine, and shelter has pushed Gaza to the brink of famine.

Groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Euro-Med Monitor have repeatedly warned Israel against using starvation as a method of warfare by obstructing aid and destroying essential infrastructure.

The UN says humanitarian agencies need access to at least 500 trucks per day to stabilize conditions in Gaza, yet the current entry rate remains a fraction of that.

Aid agencies have also warned that without the release of the thousands of stalled trucks, Gaza’s already catastrophic humanitarian crisis will continue to deteriorate, with hospitals unable to function, displaced families lacking shelter, and disease spreading rapidly through overcrowded camps.

Source: Press TV