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[–] cuibono@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought israel wasn't letting anyone in to verify these things? Was it just the UN?

[–] pleasemakesense@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"he said that those distributing aid in Gaza had not reported aid being diverted since trucks resumed crossing the Egypt-controlled Rafah gate on Oct. 21 after diplomatic wrangling to resume the flow." It is right there in the article

[–] cuibono@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So third parties still can't get in, even the US?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 15 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


AMMAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy David Satterfield said on Saturday that U.S. officials had not been told that Hamas is blocking or diverting humanitarian aid flowing into the Gaza Strip amid shortages of food, medicine and fuel.

Speaking to reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman, he said that those distributing aid in Gaza had not reported aid being diverted since trucks resumed crossing the Egypt-controlled Rafah gate on Oct. 21 after diplomatic wrangling to resume the flow.

Those in charge of the aid "do not report to us in this 10 day, 12 day period of assistance delivery, interdiction of or seizure of goods by Hamas," he said.

Between 800,000 to a million people have moved to the south of the Gaza Strip, while 350,000-400,000 remain in the north of the enclave, Satterfield said.


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[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

My understanding was fuel is the main thing Hamas wants imported, with unconfirmed reports they have taken fuel from some hospital stocks that were being used to run generators for medical equipment. Other estimates say Hamas already has enough fuel stockpiled to keep tunnel ventilation fans and their internal phone network going for months without resupply, so I don't know what to believe.

That food, water, and medical supplies are going to general use aid isn't surprising. But the continued embargo on fuel, and resulting increasing electricity blackout, is an ongoing major contributor to the humanitarian tragedies.