According to the mainstream media and the International Food Security Phase Classification, there is a lethal humanitarian aid crisis in Gaza. By contrast, spokespersons for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) assert that they have consistently delivered food, water, electricity, and medicines to Gaza throughout the Iron Swords War.
Israel has sent thousands of aid trucks to Gaza since October 7, 2023, and established trade routes and checkpoints where inbound cargo is inspected, counted, and inventoried. Though there are multiple internal Israeli access points to Gaza from Israel proper, humanitarian aid also arrives via the Rafah Crossing (Egypt) and the Allenby Bridge (Jordan).
Aid delivery logistics are managed by up to seventy non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the UN, and medical missions. Israel has repaired power lines and a seawater desalination plant in Gaza destroyed by Hamas early in the war. An Egyptian pipeline feeding potable water into northern Gaza is being expanded to supply the southern part of the Strip.
Israeli and Palestinian authorities have collaborated to install, maintain, and repair telecommunications and fuel supplies for UN and NGO agencies supporting hospitals, convoys, and generators. Israel has set up and operated field hospitals in Gaza in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, and the Red Cross and other agencies. Thousands of Gazan patients have been medically evacuated.
Based on the reports of international partners, intelligence networks, and Gazan residents themselves, UN agencies monitor food security, food safety, hygiene, and healthcare in Gaza on a weekly basis. Multiple humanitarian aid societies have coordinated material delivery to, and distribution within, Gaza, as well as personnel transport into and out of the region.
Delivery and distribution bottlenecks are attributable mainly to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas—not Israeli bureaucracy or red tape—despite the abundance of trucks and convoys within Gaza. IDF spokespersons have emphasized time and again that their war is against Hamas, not the civilian population. Unfortunately, however, Hamas enclaves are embedded in schools, mosques, and hospitals.
Deficiencies in perishable food (mainly seed oils and fresh produce) have been offset by the fact that farms and greengrocers have continued to operate in Gaza throughout the war. The transport of blood products, infant formula, and other fragile nutritional and medical supplies has been expedited by bypassing war-obstructed routes and moving the materials from the West Bank to Gaza.
Pray that the transport of essential goods and services to Gaza continues unimpeded. Pray for the safe return of all remaining hostages in Gaza to their homes and families. Pray for a speedy end to the war and a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ among those on all sides of the conflict.
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