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By Joan Mas Autonell Ashdod, Israel, Feb 24 (EFE).- Thousands of tons of flour and other essential food items intended for the starving population in the besieged Gaza Strip have been halted at the Israeli port of Ashdod. Far-right groups at the port are preventing the transfer of aid, exacerbating the growing risk of famine …
According to UN figures, from Feb 9-20 the daily average fell to just 57 trucks.
Aid trucks going into Gaza are being looted out of “utter desperation” as they drive through what is now being described as a “death zone”.
When food is stolen from convoys, it is because of utter desperation, says UN agency
The flow of aid entering Gaza from Egypt has almost dried up in the past two weeks, and a collapse in security has made it increasingly difficult to distribute the food that does get through, according to U.N. data and officials. Daily figures show a precipitous drop in aid supplies since Feb. 9 reaching Gaza, where the mostly displaced population of 2.3 million is facing crisis levels of hunger. Before the conflict, Gaza relied on 500 trucks with supplies entering daily, and even during intense fighting in January around 200 aid trucks made it through on most days.