Palestinians reload a truck with aid that fell from the vehicle, amid shortages of food supplies, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/ File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
AMMAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy David Satterfield said on Saturday that U.S. officials had not been told that Hamas is blocking or diverting humanitarian aid flowing into the Gaza Strip amid shortages of food, medicine and fuel.
Speaking to reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman, he said that those distributing aid in Gaza had not reported aid being diverted since trucks resumed crossing the Egypt-controlled Rafah gate on Oct. 21 after diplomatic wrangling to resume the flow.
Those in charge of the aid "do not report to us in this 10 day, 12 day period of assistance delivery, interdiction of or seizure of goods by Hamas," he said.
Between 800,000 to a million people have moved to the south of the Gaza Strip, while 350,000-400,000 remain in the north of the enclave, Satterfield said.
Reporting by Simon Lewis; writing by Omar Abdel-Razek; editing by Jason Neely, Alexandra Hudson
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stogie-bear on November 5th, 2023 at 16:37 UTC »
So what this is saying is that in the last 12 days a subset of American officials have not received any reports of aid deliveries stolen. That’s great but how meaningful is it?
fawlen on November 5th, 2023 at 11:44 UTC »
the article just says "we haven't been told about hamas seizing aid".. UNRWA refrained from criticizing hamas since the start
https://nypost.com/2023/11/03/news/bidens-100-million-in-aid-to-gaza-west-bank-at-high-risk-of-diversion-to-hamas-ig-says/
are they just not synced with eachother?
fury420 on November 5th, 2023 at 11:33 UTC »
Seems like a kind of odd headline if we're just talking about the last two weeks: