Israel will take “immediate measures” to increase the amount of humanitarian aid it allows to enter the Gaza Strip, after US President Joe Biden urged this Thursday improve the situation in the enclave in a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Following this call, Israel’s war cabinet has approved the opening of the port of Ashdod and the Erez Pass. Israel wants to avoid a conflict with the United States, which is its main ally, because until now the Jewish State has silenced the famine of the Gazans.

“This increase in attendance will avoid a humanitarian crisis and is essential to ensure the continuation of the fighting and achieve the objectives of the war,” said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office about the decisions taken by the war cabinet at its meeting last night. In this way, Israel will allow the temporary provision of aid through the port of Ashdodin the south of Israel, as well as through the Erez crossing, which directly accesses the north of the Strip, in addition to increasing the flow of aid from Jordan that enters through the Kerem Shalom crossing, in the south.

The Erez Crossing will open for the first time since the start of the wara claim by humanitarian agencies and the international community because it allows the entry of food and aid directly to the north of the enclave, where the situation is most serious and it is estimated that Some 300,000 live in famine, which has already killed 34 people, including 31 children..

Fear of a change in US support

Biden and Netanyahu had a phone call on Thursday in which the American warned that US support for the war in the Strip could change if it did not take “concrete” actions to minimize harm to civilians and guarantee the safety of humanitarian workers, after a convoy of the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) was attacked on Monday up to three times, killing seven of its employees.

The US welcomed the measure and called for it to be implemented “completely and quickly“, according to a statement from the White House. “We are prepared to work in full coordination with the government of Israel, the governments of Jordan and Egypt, the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to ensure that these important steps are implemented and result in a significant increase in humanitarian assistance reaching civilians in dire need over the coming days and weeks,” he said.

During the month of March, an average of 159 trucks a day entered Gaza carrying food and basic necessities, which represents an increase compared to previous months, but before the war half a thousand trucks a day did so, which also included other supplies. , construction material and fuel, according to United Nations.

Until now, Israel has only allowed aid to enter through two of the seven crossings into the enclave: Rafah, between Egypt and Gaza; and Kerem Shalom, in its territory that connects with the south of the Strip; after subjecting the convoys to exhaustive controls that slow down the process, in addition to the difficulties in reaching the north from them before the widespread destruction of the enclave.