{"id":282711,"date":"2024-12-16T12:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=282711"},"modified":"2024-12-16T06:47:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T06:47:11","slug":"gaza-aid-hits-crisis-point-despite-us-demands-on-israel-famine-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/12\/gaza-aid-hits-crisis-point-despite-us-demands-on-israel-famine-spreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Aid Hits Crisis Point Despite US Demands on Israel: Famine Spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Palestinian girl lies weak in a mattress in Gaza with severe malnutrition and dehydration with her small rib cage visible below a t shirt. (@mhdksafa\/X)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gazans endure extreme food scarcity as looters and IDF attacks on Palestinians guarding convoys choke off supplies. W<\/em>hile the US issues warnings to Israel through the media, the occupation continues to delay and obstruct aid.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

15 Dec 2024 – <\/em>Aid to Gaza remains near record lows, despite the US asserting that it would not halt arms transfers to “Israel”, citing \u201csome progress\u201d in facilitating humanitarian aid, The Financial Times<\/em> reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Washington had reportedly urged “Israel” to improve conditions for Palestinians in Gaza<\/a>, but humanitarian groups report worsening conditions. Additionally, Israeli occupation forces have killed Palestinians who were facilitating aid convoys.<\/p>\n

According to UN data, approximately 1,700 trucks entered Gaza by December 12, a modest increase from the previous month, which saw the lowest level of aid deliveries since the onset of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.<\/p>\n

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A truck carrying humanitarian aid enters a refugee camp in central Gaza.
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Louise Wateridge, Senior Emergency Officer for UNRWA in Gaza, told FT<\/em>, “It got to the point where we were lucky if we got half a truck in. People can\u2019t have one day where they just know: my family will eat.”<\/p>\n

In central and southern Gaza, where most residents are being forcibly displaced, hunger has deepened. Bakeries have been overwhelmed by desperate crowds, and three people were suffocated in a food queue in central Gaza on November 29. Flour shortages are severe, with a sack costing $162, according to a joint report by several aid organizations published on December 13.<\/p>\n