The United Nations has dismissed as “ridiculous” an assertion by Israel that there was enough food in the Gaza Strip to last for a long period of time, despite the closure of all 25 bakeries in the enclave supported by the World Food Programme, AFP reports.
No aid has been delivered to the Palestinian enclave since March 2. Cogat, the Israeli military agency that coordinates aid deliveries, claimed that during the truce, some 25,200 trucks entered Gaza, carrying almost 450,000 tons of aid.
“That’s nearly a third of the total trucks that entered Gaza during the entire war, in just over a month,” Cogat said in a post on X. “There is enough food for a long period of time, if Hamas lets the civilians have it.”
When asked about the statement, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters: “As far as the UN is concerned, that’s ridiculous … we are at the tail end of our supplies.
“You know, WFP doesn’t close its bakeries for fun. If there’s no flour, if there’s no cooking gas, the bakeries cannot open,” Dujarric added.
