Flour has started to be distributed in Gaza

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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid that entered Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing in recent days have already begun distributing flour to different bakeries in the Gaza Strip.

According to local sources in the Palestinian enclave and confirmed by Cogat (the Israeli military body responsible for coordinating the entry of aid into Gaza), the trucks have begun distributing their loads to destination centers.

Humanitarian aid has begun to be distributed in areas such as Khan Yunis (south) and Deir Al Balah, Zawaida and Nuseirat (center).

Local sources said that bakeries in Khan Yunis and the three areas of central Gaza already have flour to start making bread and feed a population subject to a total blockade of food, fuel and medicine imposed by Israel since March 2.

Israel had also said that 100 UN humanitarian aid trucks had entered Gaza on Wednesday, after allowing 93 trucks to pass through the Palestinian enclave the previous day and about ten on Monday.

“One hundred trucks belonging to the UN and the international community, carrying humanitarian aid — including flour, baby food and medical supplies — were today [Wednesday] transferred to the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing,” COGAT, an agency of the Israeli Defense Ministry, said in a statement.

The UN said five trucks carrying aid entered Gaza on Monday, while Israel said another 93 did so on Tuesday.

Its contents had not yet been released to the public , the spokesman for the UN secretary-general, Stéphane Dujarric, had said on Wednesday.

“So far [late Wednesday afternoon in Gaza], none of the supplies have been able to leave the Kerem Shalom landing zone. This is because last night [Tuesday], the Israeli authorities only allowed our teams to pass through a very congested area, and we felt it was unsafe, a place with a high risk of looting,” Dujarric explained.

In two days, about 100 trucks entered the enclave to supply a population of about 2.1 million people, compared to about 500 before the war , which was already insufficient for humanitarian organizations.

Israel's prime minister said Wednesday he was ready to accept a "temporary ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip that would allow the release of the last 20 hostages, and would then seek to take control of the entire Palestinian enclave.