UN delivers humanitarian aid to Gaza for first time since start of year

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that it is ready to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip but requires the green light from Israeli authorities to proceed.

According to the UN agency’s official website, during the first four days of the truce, it managed to bring in enough food supplies to sustain one million people - about half the population.

The agency added that it has additional supplies outside the Strip, as well as the capacity and staff inside Gaza to facilitate further deliveries.

The UN said it was able to distribute hundreds of thousands of hot meals, bring in frozen meat and fresh fruit and medical supplies on the first day of scaling up aid in Gaza.