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U.N. says aid into Gaza stalled at Kerem Shalom; hospitals, warehouses strained
Summary
The United Nations says Israel has denied requests to collect humanitarian cargo at the Kerem Shalom crossing for several days, leaving nearly 600 of roughly 900 offloaded trucks unable to reach Gaza warehouses as hospitals face evacuations and supplies run low.
The United Nations spokesperson said on Monday that Israeli authorities have denied U.N. requests to collect humanitarian cargo from the Kerem Shalom crossing, preventing aid already offloaded at the Gaza side from reaching warehouses and people in need.
The spokesperson said nearly 900 trucks had been approved to enter over the past 10 days and that almost 600 trucks had been offloaded on the Gaza side at Kerem Shalom but had not been distributed into Gaza itself. "The quantity of supplies allowed into Gaza is just a trickle of aid required to meet the immense needs of 2,100,000 people," the spokesperson said.
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