The help trucks that go to Gaza are a “fall in the cube in terms of what

The number of help trucks that are allowed to enter Gaza last week is just a “fall in bucket” of what is really needed to avoid potential famine in the territory, said the head of the UN World Food Program.

Cindy McCain, executive director of the program, warned that the blockade of Israel de Gaza, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says is to press Hamas to release the rest of the hostages, has caused a catastrophe for the 2.3 million Palestinians living there.

“At this time, we have 500,000 people within Gaza who are extremely food insecure, and could be on the edge of the famine if we do not help bring them back from that.” McCain said Sunday at “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. “” We need to enter, and we have to enter the scale, not only a few drops of the trucks at this time, as I said, it is a fall in the bucket. “

In March, Israel finished a high fire and renewed its offensive in the territory, promising to destroy Hamas and bring home to the hostages that Hamas still has of the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 that triggered war. Hamas has said that he will only release the hostages in exchange for a durable fire and an Israeli retreat.

Israel also blocked the import of all foods, medications and fuel for 2 and a half years before allowing a small number of help trucks to enter in recent days. The measure was only produced after the warnings of experts from a famine in Gaza and after the pressure of some of Israel’s main allies, including the United States.

During the high fire, the UN food aid program was obtaining more than 600 trucks per day in the territory. But now, only about 100 are allowed to enter, McCain said.

“It’s not enough, and you must go to the right places,” he said.

McCain also retreated Israel’s claims that Hamas is responsible for the looting of 15 help trucks, saying that there is no evidence.

“These people are desperate, and see a truck from the World Food Program and run for it,” he said. “This has nothing to do with Hamas or any type of organized crime, or anything. It simply has to do with the fact that these people starve to death.”

The Ministry of Health of Gaza, led by Hamas, has said that more than 3,780 people have been killed in the territory since Israel finished the fire.

In the last 24 hours, at least 38 people in Gaza were killed by Israeli strikes, including a mother and her two children who took refuge in a tent, health officials said.

There were no immediate comments from the military on the latest strikes.

“This is not an endless war,” said Israel’s military cabinet chief, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, during a visit to Khan Younis.

Meanwhile, the recent high -fire conversations in Qatar did not gain ground.

The terrorists led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the attack of October 7, 2023 and kidnapped 251 people. It is believed that around a third of the remaining hostages are alive, after most of the rest were released in high fire agreements or other agreements.

Israel’s 19 months offensive has killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which says that women and children constitute most of the dead. It does not provide figures for the number of civilians or killed fighters.

The offensive has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of the population of the territory, often several times.

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