Aid to Gaza since the ceasefire two months ago has increased but is still far from enough, say UN organisations and NGOs. On January 1, Israel banned 37 humanitarian agencies from operating in Gaza. What was planned in the ceasefire agreement and how much aid is getting in? Israel committed to allowing 600 trucks per day into Gaza – the same number that reached the territory daily during the previous ceasefire last January. UN organisations and NGOs say aid has increased but is still trickling in. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the British broadcaster BBC at the end of October that the average number of trucks entering Gaza daily was between 200 and 300. In the first week of December, an average of 140 aid trucks per day from UN convoys crossed the border into Gaza, say UN organisations. The UN-supported IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification), a global hunger monitor, said in December that the famine declared in August ...
