The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has agreed with Egypt, and after the approval of Israel, to allow the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An agreement that includes entry from Rafah, the only border crossing not controlled by Israel, with 20 trucks. For Raquel Martí, director of the committee in Spain of the UN agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), she assured this Thursday that “20 trucks is a ridiculous amount“.

As he pointed out in an interview on ‘Hoy por Hoy’ (Cadena Ser), Gaza “has been under blockade since 2007“. And that within that blockade, the number of trucks that entered the Strip “In the month of August it was 12,000 trucks”. “66% through Israeli crossings and the rest through Rafah,” she explained, adding that most of “those trucks were of consumer goods, including humanitarian aid and construction materials.”

“Therefore, 20 trucks It is an absolutely insignificant amount for the humanitarian needs that exist now for 2.2 million people,” he stated. In addition, he pointed out that the “most of the population depends on humanitarian aid” because “80% of Palestiniansbefore the military escalation, was below the line of poverty”.

Humanitarian aid will initially enter this Friday, and at the Rafah crossing there are more than 200 trucks waiting to enter because, although Egypt keeps the crossing open, Israel does not allow them to enter Gaza. One of the conditions for its entry is that it be supervised by the UN, but Raquel Martí has ​​assured that “they have no official confirmation”. On the other hand, he has indicated that this supervision is going to be “difficult” because it will be necessary to see “which trucks to prioritize.” “Everything is a priority. There is no water, no medicine, no food.“, he highlighted.