More aid delivered into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause

Press release

More aid delivered into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause

24 November 2023

During the humanitarian pause that has been in place since this morning, the UN was able to scale up the delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza.

200 trucks were dispatched from Nitzana to the Rafah crossing.

137 trucks of goods were offloaded by the UNRWA reception point in Gaza making it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since October 7.

129,000 litres of fuel and four trucks of gas also crossed into Gaza.

21 critical patients were evacuated in a large-scale medical operation from the north of Gaza.

Hundreds of thousands of people were assisted with food, water, medical supplies and other essential humanitarian items.

The UN welcomes the release of 24 hostages held in Gaza since October 7 and renews its call for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

Humanitarian teams from the UN and partners will continue to ramp up humanitarian operations to meet the needs of people throughout Gaza in the coming days.

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel Flash Update #48. Nov 23

A humanitarian pause to start on 24 November has been agreed between Israel and Hamas. The agreement will reportedly involve the release of some of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza and some Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.

  • Israeli strikes from air, land and sea reportedly intensified over the past 24 hours (as of 23 November afternoon) across most of Gaza, alongside ground battles with Palestinian armed groups in the north, Jabalia in particular. Many casualties have been reported.

  • As of 23 November, about 200 patients and medical staff remain at the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahiya (North Gaza) and are awaiting evacuation. The hospital continues to be surrounded by Israeli tanks. At about 22:00 on 24 November, the hospital was hit again and sustained damage, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.

  • Three children, including an infant in an incubator died in Kamal Odwan Hospital in Jabalia (North Gaza), on 22 November, reportedly due to the lack of electricity. The vicinity of the hospital was heavily bombarded that day, reportedly resulting in dozens of fatalities. This is one of the two hospitals north of Wadi Gaza (hereafter: the north) that are still operational and admitting patients, albeit with limited services.

  • Over the past 24 hours, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the West Bank. On 22 November, a 14-year-old child was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a search-and-arrest operation in Burin (Nablus). Another Palestinian man was killed while travelling in his vehicle on a road east of Ramallah; the circumstances remain unclear. No Israeli casualties were reported in any of these incidents.

    Read the report: Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel Flash Update #48

Displaced people seeking refuge in southern Gaza. With shelters being overcrowded, most displaced men and older boys are sleeping in the open, in school yards or in the streets, often next to the external walls of the shelters. Photo by WHO, 15 November 2023

Visualizing Palestine

via Visualizing Palestine:

A four-day “humanitarian pause” is currently underway. We are well aware that this pause means a slower rate of genocide of Palestinians.

Over the coming four days, Israel is only allowing between 300-400 trucks of essential supplies to enter Gaza per day, and will continue to cut off electricity and running water from Gaza. Additionally, the Israeli military continues to be stationed in the north of Gaza, and is shooting towards any Palestinians attempting to return to their homes. Earlier today, two Palestinians attempting to make their way back to their homes were killed by Israeli fire.

Four days of pause in Israeli bombing are not enough to even clear the rubble that has entrapped thousands of bodies underneath, and to begin to address the unfolding public health crisis, and the impact of Israel’s atrocities on the mental health of Palestinains in Gaza. Four days of pause are not enough when we know that Israel will resume its mass killing, mass displacement campaign against Palestinians when the pause is over. We demand a permanent ceasefire now, and an end to Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip.

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From VISUALIZING PALESTINE