US demands unmet: Gaza aid crisis reaches breaking point after deadline
Aid groups report worsening conditions in Gaza despite US government demands for improvements. Israelʼs response falls short of required benchmarks while humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate
Aid organizations assessment shows Gazaʼs humanitarian situation has got worse in past month despite Biden administrationʼs demands to improve conditions or risk losing US weapons support
Eight major aid groups including Mercy Corps and Oxfam created a check-list showing Israel didnt meet most requirements from Oct-13 letter. The thirty-day period brought more problems instead of solutions:
Israelʼs actions failed to meet any of the specific criteria set out in the U.S. letter
The food-aid situation remains critical: instead of required three-hundred-fifty trucks daily only forty-two trucks on average enter Gaza (way below pre-war five-hundred daily trucks level). Commercial food deliveries have stopped which makes prices sky-high
- Markets are empty
- Food costs are unreachable for locals
- Basic supplies are missing
Northern Gaza faces immediate risk of mass-starvation — UN experts say action is needed right now. The situation is ten times worse than before war started. About 1.8 million Palestinians dont have enough food; this number might get three times bigger by spring
Israeli military recently announced al-Mawasi safe-zone expansion in south Gaza (including field-hospitals and tent-areas) but attacks continue in this area despite its safe status. Local data shows more than 43‚500 people died since conflicts start; most victims are women and kids
The situation might get even harder when Israel stops working with UN refugee agency next winter. Kate Phillips-Barrasso from Mercy Corps points out that everything could fall apart very fast
