According to CNN, transportation on land has been suspended for the time being until the logistical problems have been resolved.
According to the US Department of Defense, none of the 569 tons of humanitarian aid brought to Gaza via a makeshift ferry has arrived as scheduled. The matter was told by the spokesperson of the Pentagon, Major General Pat Ryder.
Earlier it was reported that a few aid trucks had been able to transport cargo from the ferry to the warehouses, from which the aid is to be systematically distributed. However, desperate Palestinians emptied some of the departing trucks after they left the loading area, according to the UN.
Aid will be transported by four US and French ships from Cyprus to a port built in Gaza. Information Manager of the Office of the President of Cyprus Victor Papadopoulos said that a total of one thousand tons of relief supplies would have been brought to the port between Friday and Sunday. Aid deliveries via the harbor pier began on Friday. The UN receives the aid in the countries and coordinates the distribution around the Gaza Strip.
New routes are being sought
According to the Pentagon, the United States is working with the UN and Israel in order to find safer routes for aid transport to the warehouses than is currently the case, CNN tells. According to CNN, the UN has suspended aid transports on land for the time being in order to solve the logistical problems.
According to Ryder, none of the 569 tons of aid needs or the aid needs that came to the port have been transported to the residents of Gaza.
– According to today’s information, I don’t think so, Ryder said when asked about it.
According to Ryder, it is important to remember that this is a war zone and that the operation is very difficult.
A US source also told CNN that the Ministry of Defense and the UN are currently investigating how long the needs transported to the port can be kept there.
According to AFP, a large number of aid supplies are waiting to leave the port in Cyprus for Gaza. Help has been provided by Britain, Romania, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, among others.
President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that transports to Gaza are operating.
The US authorities have initially estimated that 90 aid trucks a day would initially reach Gaza from the wharf, and later already 150 trucks.
According to the UN, Gazans are on the brink of excruciating famine, and to ease the situation, the Gaza Strip would still need at least 500 truckloads of aid per day.