Israel allows less than half of the aid it pledged to enter Gaza

US reports confirm that Israel has not fulfilled its commitments to allow aid into Gaza, with less than half the agreed number of trucks entering monthly since the ceasefire agreement, while imposing restrictions on humanitarian organizations.

Reports from the US Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, based on data from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, confirm that Israel has failed over the past eight months to meet its pledges to allow humanitarian aid and goods into the Strip. Under the ceasefire agreement, which Israel has not adhered to, 600 aid trucks should have entered daily, 4,200 weekly, and 18,200 monthly, carrying food, fuel, medicine, medical equipment, and construction materials. Haaretz reported Sunday, citing sources, that the number of trucks entering ranged between a quarter and half of the agreed figure. Although the agreement stipulated 18,200 trucks per month, monthly figures were far lower: in March about 4,700 trucks entered, in April about 5,300, in May about 9,600, in June 12,000, in July and August about 10,000 per month, in September 13,000, in October less than 6,500, and in November, not yet at its midpoint, about 4,000 trucks entered. The reports also indicated that most goods and aid entering are made in Israel, and that Israel has imposed restrictions on the number of humanitarian organizations and prevents the entry of goods under the pretext of tobacco smuggling.