Gaza aid deliveries drop by two-thirds since Israel’s move into Rafah, UN says

The United Nations, which has warned of famine in Gaza, said on Wednesday the amount of humanitarian aid entering the enclave has dropped by two-thirds since Israel began its military operation in the enclave's southern Rafah region this month. "The amount of food and other aid entering Gaza, already insufficient to meet the soaring needs, has further shrunk since 7 May," the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

A daily average of 58 aid trucks reached Gaza from May 7 to Tuesday, compared with a daily average of 176 aid trucks from April 1 to May 6, OCHA said, a drop of 67%. It said those figures excluded private sector cargo and fuel.

The United Nations has long said at least 500 trucks a day of aid and commercial goods need to enter Gaza.

Since the Israel-Hamas war began nearly eight months ago, aid for 2.3 million Palestinians...