According to the acting head of the United Nations Ocha agency for the Palestinian territories, Jonathan Whittall, a massive effort has been underway in recent days to load and distribute relief support throughout the region.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered this Sunday (19) after a truce between and the come into force, the United Nations said. “The first supply trucks started moving in” minutes after the ceasefire took effect on Sunday morning, said UN aid official Jonathan Whittall. The acting head of the UN agency Ocha for the Palestinian territories wrote on the X network that “a massive effort has been underway in recent days by humanitarian partners to load and prepare to distribute a wave of aid across Gaza.”
A ceasefire finally came into effect in at 11:15 today. First trucks of supplies started entering just 15mins later. A massive effort has been underway over the past days from humanitarian partners to load and prepare to distribute a surge of aid across all of Gaza.
— Jonathan Whittall (@_jwhittall)
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira