21.05.2025 09:42
The United Arab Emirates announced that it has reached an agreement with Israel to begin delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. In the first phase, the food needs of approximately 15,000 civilians in the Gaza Strip will be met.
According to a report by the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates, WAM, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke on the phone with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. During the phone call, an agreement was reached to begin delivering urgent humanitarian aid from the UAE to meet the food needs of approximately 15,000 civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The parties also discussed regional and international efforts to reach a new ceasefire agreement, ensure the ceasefire, and release prisoners. The agreement also includes the provision of essential materials needed for the operation of bakeries in the Gaza Strip, as well as the provision of basic necessities for children, and the continuous supply of these materials to meet the needs of civilians. Bin Zayed emphasized the importance of delivering humanitarian and medical aid to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip urgently, intensively, safely, and without any obstacles during the meeting.
STATEMENT FROM THE UN
In a statement made by the United Nations (UN) yesterday, it was reported that despite Israel announcing that it had allowed the entry of 93 trucks after imposing a humanitarian aid embargo on the Gaza Strip for 11 weeks, aid had not been delivered to the Palestinians. It was stated in the announcement that although the aid trucks had passed to the Palestinian side, they could not be distributed, and none of the aid trucks entering Gaza reached the Palestinians, who were plunged into a humanitarian crisis due to Israel's embargo, due to traffic, logistics, and security issues.
International organizations are warning that the amount of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza, which is under the threat of famine, is far below the need. Israel had announced that it would allow the passage of a basic amount of food to ensure that "famine does not occur" in the Gaza Strip, where it has imposed a humanitarian aid embargo since March 2. Israeli state television KAN reported that the decision to immediately start the passage of humanitarian aid to Gaza was made due to political pressure on Tel Aviv, primarily from the United States and European countries.