UN confirms Israel allowing only 300 aid trucks daily into Gaza

Israel has told the UN it will allow only 300 aid trucks – half the agreed number – into the Gaza Strip from Wednesday.

No fuel or gas will be allowed into the war-torn enclave except for specific needs related to humanitarian infrastructure, it said.

Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Gaza, confirmed the UN had received the note from COGAT, the arm of the Israeli military that oversees aid flows into Gaza.
COGAT said on Friday that it expected about 600 aid trucks to enter Gaza daily during the ceasefire.

The COGAT note said the restrictions are being taken because “Hamas violated the agreement regarding the release of the bodies of the hostages.”