UN aid chief says second aid convoy for Gaza could lead to sustained relief
© Reuters. An aid truck arrives at a UN storage facility as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in the central Gaza Strip October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemCAIRO - The United Nations is hoping a second convoy of trucks will be sent into Gaza on Sunday under a light inspection system that will allow relief deliveries to scale up into next week, its humanitarian chief said.
The 20-truck convoy was announced by U.S. President Joe Biden following a trip to Israel on Wednesday and was not subject to inspection of the kind that officials say will be needed for continuous deliveries. "It's incredibly important that there is no gap in the aid going across the border," he said. The U.N. says 100 trucks daily are needed to meet essential needs in Gaza, where Israel has imposed a"total siege" as it bombards the enclave in retaliation for a deadly incursion by Hamas militants.
"We need from tomorrow to build up a light, efficient, random hopefully, inspection system that will not slow things down," said Griffiths, comparing the type of possible system to that used in Gaziantep to send aid from Turkey into Syria.
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