WFP Director: Inspection at Rafah crossing impedes flow of aid into Gaza

GAZA, Oct. 28 (YPA) – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) confirmed on Thursday that excessively stringent inspections of trucks at the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza had greatly slowed the flow of humanitarian aid.

WFP Director Cindy McCain affirmed the increasing rates of hunger among the Palestinians there, noting that Rafah crossing has become the main point for delivering aid since the Israeli occupation imposed a complete siege on Gaza in response to the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation launched by “Hamas” on October 7.

In an interview, McCain explained: “We’ve only gotten a trickle of trucks. We need to get large quantities in. We need safe, unrestricted access to Gaza so we can feed people and make sure they don’t starve there, because that’s what’s happening.”

Limited shipments of food, water, and drugs have entered since Saturday, but fuel has not been allowed in.

On Saturday, three WFP trucks carrying about 60 tons of food entered Gaza, which is enough to feed 200,000 people for one day. The program indicated that another agency truck had entered the Gaza Strip since then.

YPA