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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UN, October 12 /Xinhua/ — The expansion of UN humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip is in full swing: cooking gas has arrived in the enclave for the first time since March, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on Sunday.
On October 12, tents for displaced families, frozen meat, fresh fruit, flour, and medicine arrived in Gaza, according to a press release. The UN and partners distributed hundreds of thousands of hot meals and bread parcels in both the south and north of the enclave.
OCHA reported that it had received Israel's approval for additional aid, agreeing to import 190,000 tons of supplies, including food, shelter materials, and medicine. "This is just the beginning," the agency stated, adding that during the first 60 days of the ceasefire in Gaza, the UN and partners will expand the scale and scope of their operations to ensure access to vital aid and services for virtually all residents of the enclave.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher noted that humanitarian organizations intend to increase delivery volumes to several hundred trucks daily within the first 60 days. He stated that the UN will scale up deliveries in the Gaza Strip to reach 2.1 million people in need of food assistance and approximately 500,000 people requiring special nutrition for the malnourished, restore the healthcare system, including community-based epidemiological surveillance, provide water and sanitation services to 1.4 million people, significantly expand shelter provision, and open temporary educational spaces for 700,000 school-age children.
A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect on Friday after three days of intensive negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, brokered by Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United States. –0–
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