Ibrahim – a resident of Khan Younis – waits near the Rafah border crossing for more trucks to arrive with aid, which continues to enter Gaza in sections. “We hope that our Egyptian brothers will let in water, help and medicine. I swear to God the doctors can't find anything to treat their patients. And now they only use salt. Even salt now costs around $13 per kilo. Can you imagine putting salt on wounds to disinfect them?“ asks this young Gazan.
The United Nations warns of a blockade by Israel
The United Nations denounces that its missions north of Gaza are subject to constant delays and blockades by Israel Only 7 of the 29 operations organized by the United Nations in 2024 were completed.
This emerges from the latest report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The 24% share of missions completed so far this year contrasts with the figures from October to December 2023, when, despite hostilities, 86% of planned missions in the northern Gaza Strip were carried out.
In addition, the United Nations denounces that internet and telephone connections in the Gaza Strip have not worked for four days, depriving the population of access to information that could be vital and complicating humanitarian assistance in a Gaza Strip threatened by famine and disease .