“The requirement is for at least 500-600 trucks to deliver supplies into Gaza, covering not just food but also medicine, medical equipment, children’s vaccines, fuel, water, and other essentials for survival.”

Israeli authorities last week allowed a trickle of aid into the Palestinian enclave for the first time since March. Source: AAP / HAITHAM IMAD/EPA

OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said that the UN was not involved in the GHF aid.

Touma mentioned that no UNRWA supplies had entered since March 2, and Laerke stated that he lacked data on the number of UN trucks crossing at Kerem Shalom, partly due to Israel’s restriction on establishing a fixed UN presence there.

‘Threats will not deter us’

Reaffirming its unwavering commitment to the safety of aid workers and civilians, GHF asserted, “these threats will not deter us.”

On Tuesday, the GHF announced it had named John Acree interim Executive Director, hailing his “more than two decades of global field experience in disaster response, stabilisation programming and civil-military coordination.”

New ceasefire proposal

In Gaza, an early-morning Israeli strike on the Fahmi Al-Jarjawi school, where displaced people were sheltering, killed “at least 33, with dozens injured, mostly children”, civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said on Tuesday.