As United Nations managed to deliver more than 24 thousand tons of aid since the beginning of the ceasefire, a UN official announced this Thursday, who asked that non-governmental organizations are authorized to operate in the territory.
According to the United Nations deputy special coordinator for the Palestinian territories, Ramiz Alakbarov, although the aid volume has increased significantly Since the ceasefire came into force on October 10, humanitarian teams continue to face lack of funding and difficulties in coordination with Israel.
“Since the ceasefirewe managed to get more than 24 thousand tons of aid through all crossing points and we resumed distributions at both community and family levels”, guaranteed Alakbarov.
For his part, Samer AbdelJaber, director of World Food Program(WFP) of the UN for the Middle East, indicated that, in 20 days, the organization managed to “collect around 20 thousand tons of food” to distribute in Gaza.
Despite everything, looting of humanitarian convoys has decreased considerablywhich has facilitated distribution, said Ramiz Alakbarov.
Alakbarov further appealed to Israel to authorize non-governmental organizations to participate in distributing aid in Gaza.
“The persistent problem of registering non-governmental organizations continues to delay operations”, he lamented, highlighting the paper “essential” of all national and international institutions.
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