{"id":82176,"date":"2023-11-09T23:11:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/aid-is-getting-into-gaza-via-the-israel-egypt-border-but-its-stop-start-laborious-and-not-enough-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:11:24","slug":"aid-is-getting-into-gaza-via-the-israel-egypt-border-but-its-stop-start-laborious-and-not-enough-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/aid-is-getting-into-gaza-via-the-israel-egypt-border-but-its-stop-start-laborious-and-not-enough-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid is getting into Gaza via the Israel-Egypt border – but it’s stop-start, laborious and not enough | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aid is getting into Gaza via the Israel-Egypt border – but it’s stop-start, laborious and not enough | World News<\/h2>\n

Aid is getting into Gaza via the Israel-Egypt border – but it’s stop-start, laborious and not enough | World News<\/p>\n

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The Israeli military has invited a large contingent of media organisations, including Sky News, to the Nitzana border crossing in the Negev Desert.<\/p>\n

On the border between Israel<\/strong> and Egypt<\/strong>, it is currently the point through which all goods must pass before they can enter Gaza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the visit is to show the world that aid is getting into Gaza. And it’s true that trucks are making it in – but it’s stop-start and it’s a very laborious process.<\/p>\n

Follow live: Israel-Hamas war latest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before any goods are allowed to pass into Gaza, they must be security screened by the Israelis – a process that takes some time.<\/p>\n

This is only happening at the Egypt-Israel Nitzana crossing where we were brought today.<\/p>\n

The trucks arrive from Egypt on the Israeli side. There they are screened, sometimes several times, before passing back through to the Egyptian side of the border.<\/p>\n

They then drive up to the Rafah crossing<\/strong> where they are checked again before passing into Gaza.<\/p>\n

The Israelis say they have ‘eyes’ (probably drones) on the trucks as they drive from Nitzana to Rafah.<\/p>\n

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Since the 7 October Hamas attacks which triggered this conflict<\/strong>, an average of 38 trucks a day have crossed into Gaza through this stop-start process.<\/p>\n

They are all required to pass through Nitzana and then snake back around through to the Rafah crossing.<\/p>\n

Today’s expected figure is 96 trucks, which is encouraging but not nearly sufficient, according to UN officials.<\/p>\n

The context is important here. Pre-war, about 500 trucks a day would get into Gaza.<\/p>\n

The trucks would pass through various routes – either directly from Egypt through their Rafah\/Salah Al Din crossing (primarily a foot crossing but increasingly used for goods) – or from Israel into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing.<\/p>\n

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The northern Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza is for people (under stringent conditions) only.<\/p>\n

It was badly damaged by Hamas<\/strong> during their 7 October attack.<\/p>\n

There is no airport in Gaza. The Yasser Arafat International Airport was destroyed by Israel in 2001.<\/p>\n

United Nations officials tell me that the 96 trucks set to make the journey today are a fraction of what’s needed.<\/p>\n

“It’s not just the number of people in Gaza who need humanitarian aid, it’s the depth of their needs,” one UN official told me this week.<\/p>\n

Read more:
Tens of thousands of civilians flee amid heavy fighting
Netanyahu says Israel will have ‘overall security’ role in Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Israeli military, which manages the Nitzana crossing, has a different perspective on the situation inside Gaza.<\/p>\n

“There is no humanitarian crisis inside Gaza,” Colonel Moshe Tetro, head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration to Gaza, told me.<\/p>\n

But multiple aid agencies and the United Nations, who are on the ground in Gaza, have said repeatedly that the situation is dire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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