The Israeli government agreed to allow the entry of some trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egypt into Gaza amid its relentless attack on the besieged enclave.
Gaza has been under a “complete siege” after Israel cut off all electricity, food, fuel, and water going into the enclave following the October 7 Hamas attack. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it approved the plan to let some aid in after a request from President Biden, who was in Israel on Wednesday.
“In light of President Biden’s request, Israel will not prevent the flow of humanitarian aid from Egypt as long as it is food, water and medical supplies for the Palestinian population in the southern Gaza strip and as long as it doesn’t go to Hamas. Any aid diverted to Hamas will be prevented,” the office said.
A senior Israeli official told Axios that “Biden asked that Israel allow the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza and explained it would help in maintaining international support for the operation against Hamas.”
According to AP, Egypt needs to repair roads across the border in Gaza that were damaged by Israeli airstrikes. Biden said an initial group of 20 aid trucks will be let in, and White House officials said the earliest the trucks will start moving into Gaza is Friday. In the meantime, Gazans are drinking contaminated water, and many families have cut their food consumption to one meal per day, leading to UN warnings of the risk of starvation starvation.
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An initial group of 20 trucks.
One metric ton (~2,200 US pounds) of food feeds about 1,700 people for one day. So, feeding 2.3 million people requires about 1,350 metric tons every day.
Large trucks used in major relief operations typically carry no more than 20 tons each. So about 68 truckloads every single day would be required just to provide food for the besieged Gazans.
Water? Medicine? Other necessities?
Let’s give them a moment or two to get things going… Sometimes, I like to think OUR collective efforts here at antiwar have some kind of positive effect, you know what I mean?
Yes. And . . . I’m skeptical.
Anyway, what needs to happen is edining the siege and the relentless collective punishment of the Gazans.
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And your name!
There’s a pretty good bunch here. Fortunately, since we seem to be in a small minority in the Western world.
I do not see the words “cease fire”. Twenty trucks. Good for maybe 50,000 people. Such generosity. Since they will be coming from the Egyptian jail doors, I presume Israel will intercept the trucks, causing further delay. Or, they will be bombed just as Gallant said they would be.
Beware the trojan horse.
A senior Israeli official told Axios that “Biden asked that Israel allow the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza and explained it would help in maintaining international support for the operation against Hamas.”
Translation: That $10 billion will be an easier sell.
They forgot “Remember to duck”
This is not aid.
This is a photo op to give cover for doing the opposite.
20 trucks of aid is not even a drop in the bucket.
Anyway, the Israelis very likely will blow up some of it, and we’ll lie about that too.
The US is supplying both sides of this conflict. The Israelis deliver American made bombs and the Egyptians deliver American made bandages