According to a report, following World central Kitchen’s decision to stop work in Gaza a sea corridor from Cyprus has been frozen and another u.s. charity has also stopped work. Reportedly, wck and Anera were providing two million meals a week across Gaza. According to the report, Anera’s logistics coordinator and his son were killed in an israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah in March. Reportedly, wck provided 12% of the food aid entering Gaza, u.n. agencies provided 80%.
According to reports, the aid workers were struck while travelling along a sea route after unloading 200 tonnes of food from a barge at a Deir al-Balah warehouse. Reportedly, the barge was part of 4 vessels that sailed back to Cyprus with 240 tonnes of food aid that could not be delivered.
According to the report, the Norwegian refugee council said what happened to wck threatens the entire aid system. Reportedly, the israeli defence force described the attack as a grave mistake that had followed misidentification at night, and promised to take immediate action to ensure more is done to protect aid workers, including the establishment of a new humanitarian command centre to improve coordination. According to the report, a spokesman said, Israel is at war with hamas not with the people of Gaza.
Reportedly, Israel has been asked to open new crossings into northern Gaza. According to the report, the u.n. said, on average 159 lorries entered Gaza each day from 1 to 28 March, the pre war average was 500. Reportedly, coordination of government activities in the territories (cogat) said the pre war average only included 70 food lorries, and there is no limit to the amount of food aid that can enter Gaza. According to the report, there has been no decrease in aid lorries since the strike on wck, with 217 lorries entering. Reportedly, unrwa have terminated the employment of 9 of 12 staff accused by Israel of playing a part in the October 7 attack.