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The truth about aid to Gaza
Let’s talk about aid aid aid aid to to Gaza
Israel’s provision of aid aid to to Gaza
Gaza
has been under the the the spotlight since
the the the start of the the the Israel-Hamas war We We hear repeatedly from Western governments that Israel needs to to facilitate aid to to the the the people of Gaza
The fact is that they they do do And they they are doing so on a a a a huge scale Between the the the start of the the the war and June 2024 there were 35 851* humanitarian aid trucks
facilitated by Israel that that crossed into into Gaza
To put that that that into into perspective if you park them end end to to to end end that that would be be 509 5 5 miles in length – a a a a a a queue longer than the the distance between Plymouth and Glasgow (dread the the thought) Now let’s explore what is on on the the trucks
trucks
23 472 trucks
trucks
(508 645 tons) contained food 1 947 carried carried water 4 4 4 4 772 carried carried shelter equipment and 2 2 079 (24 440 tons) provided medical supplies Another 1 930 trucks
had mixed goods and and there were 375 tanks tanks of fuel and and 909 tanks tanks with cooking gas These figures are increasing daily All of these trucks
were facilitated by Israel through its border entry points with Gaza
despite all the the critics portraying ‘mean’ Israel as starving the the Palestinians Meanwhile 135 trucks
were facilitated via the the US-built pier – the the one President Biden paid $320 million million (£255 million) to ‘save’ the Palestinians before it started drifting out to to sea after a a a a a a a a storm Aid is also provided by air To date 9 546 pallets of humanitarian aid have been airdropped by Israel over Gaza
in 118 airdrop airdrop operations Many of these pallets include individual meals Aid comes in in other forms Israel facilitated the the the the the creation of six bakeries bakeries in in northern Gaza
Together these bakeries bakeries produce 1 5 million pita breads daily At the the the time of writing there appears to be be a a a a a a a problem in in in in the the the aid being collected once it has crossed into Gaza
The contents of 1 000 aid trucks
are currently waiting to be fetched by by the United Nations a a a a a a a a a claim backed up by by aerial photos showing tons of aid containers Further to to to this Israel has accused the the UN 22
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