WFP: We Delivered Enough Food for 25,000 People to Gaza City

The UN World Food Program (WFP) has indicated that enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks. 

The organization has called for daily aid missions and better access. On Tuesday, the UN agency tweeted that it had delivered enough food for 25,000 people to Gaza City in the first successful convoy to the north since 20 February. 

The people in northern Gaza are on the brink of famine, thus deliveries are needed every day. 

The UN humanitarians welcomed the announcement on Tuesday that the aid ship, Open Arms, had left Cyprus for Gaza carrying 200 tonnes of relief supplies. However, they emphasized that it was "not a substitute" for overland assistance to Gazans on the verge of famine.

Spokesperson for UN Aid Coordination Office (OCHA) Jens Laerke said: “Any food and other emergency aid that comes into Gaza, as we all know, is desperately needed; there is no question about it.”

“So, it's highly appreciated…But it's not a substitute for the overland transport of food and other emergency aid into Gaza and particularly northern Gaza. It cannot make up for that.”