Gaza aid crisis deepens: US deadline brings shocking results
Eight major aid groups report worsening conditions in Gaza despite US governments demands for improvement. Food-security and humanitarian assistance numbers show critical decline while deadlines approach
The aid situation in Gaza shows no signs of getting better despite Biden administrations strict demands to Israel last month (its a 30-day improvement plan was due this tuesday)
Eight well-known aid groups including Mercy Corps and Save the Children checked how things changed after US sent its letter in mid-october: the results are not good. The aid groups made a report-card that shows most things got worse not better
Israelʼs actions failed to meet any of the specific criteria set out in the U.S. letter
Food trucks coming into Gaza are way below whatʼs needed — only about 42 trucks per-day enter instead of asked 350. The markets dont have almost anything to buy and prices are super-high for whats left. Commercial food deliveries have totally stopped which makes everything worse
The numbers paint a scary picture: about 1.84 million people in Gaza dont have enough food; and by spring next year this could get three times worse. The UN says kids and women make up 70% of those affected. The food problems are now 10-times worse than before the war started last fall
Israeli military just said they will make the al-Mawasi area in south Gaza bigger for aid stuff (like field-hospitals tents and food storage) However attacks keep happening there even though its supposed to be safe. Making things even harder Israel plans to stop working with UN aid agency UNRWA by early-2025
The situation is extra-bad because winter is coming — its the second cold season since fighting began. Kate Phillips-Barrasso from Mercy Corps says: “This is really the tipping point; Youʼre looking at a situation that could tip and unravel very very quickly“
