More than 4,200 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip in the six days following a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, the United Nations said, although there was a sharp drop in the number of loads delivered on Friday.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 339 aid trucks were reduced to Gaza on Friday, citing reports from Israeli authorities and guarantors of the ceasefire agreement – in United States, Egypt and Qatar.
This compares to 630 on Sunday, 915 on Monday, 897 on Tuesday, 808 on Wednesday and 653 on Thursday.
The truce agreement requires at least 600 aid trucks to enter Gaza each day of the initial six-week ceasefire, including 50 transporting fuel. Half of those trucks are expected to go to northern Gaza, where experts have warned of imminent famine.
