Only 534 trucks out of 3,000 estimated entered Gaza, says media office

Only 534 aid trucks out of the estimated 3,000 have entered Gaza over the past five days, the Government Media Office said on Monday.

Aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip remain far below needs, the statement said, adding that the limited number of trucks that did make it through “were looted in the midst of deliberate chaos orchestrated by the Israeli occupation to manufacture famine and instability and undermine the resilience of the Palestinian people.”

As per the media office, over the past 35 days out of the 21,000 trucks required to meet basic humanitarian needs, only 3,188 trucks (15%) have reached Gaza.

Hospitals in Gaza recorded seven new deaths on Sunday as a result of the famine caused by Israel's months-long blockade of essential aid. This brings the total number of deaths from malnutrition to 339, including 124 children.

Famine has been officially declared in Gaza for the first time by the Integrated Food Phase Classification (IPC), the UN-backed global hunger monitor.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has said that the death toll since Israel began its war in October 2023 has risen to 63,459, and more than 160,256 others have been wounded.