Jordan sends 120 trucks of aid to Gaza

Jordan said yesterday it dispatched a convoy of 120 trucks carrying aid to the besieged Gaza Strip this week.

A statement from the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) said the trucks are loaded with ready-to-eat meals, food parcels, clothes, blankets and hygiene supplies.

The aid operation was conducted by the Jordanian Armed Forces, the charity organisation, in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), and is supported by Swiss Charity Baraka, Bayous, Al-Imdad Charity, GIG, SKT, Zain, the Jordan Pharmacists Association and the Wahb Al-Ghaith initiative.

Dr. Hussein Al-Shibli, the JHCO’s secretary-general, said 2,897 of the charity’s trucks have entered Gaza, with 53 planes arriving through El-Arish International Airport.

No details were given as to through which crossing the trucks entered, as Israel continues to close the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing restricting the entry of aid.

Israel has imposed an almost complete siege on the Gaza Strip allowing only 28,234 trucks of aid into the Strip since 7 October.  This is a far cry from the 500 trucks of goods which entered the enclave every day before 7 October, which still fell short of providing the needs of Palestinians in Gaza. At the rate of 500 trucks per day, 151,000 trucks of goods would have entered Gaza in the 302 days since 7 October.

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