The United Nations announced Wednesday that nearly 90 trucks of humanitarian aid were allowed into Gaza—the first substantial delivery since the Israeli occupation resumed its genocidal assault and suffocating siege in early March.

The trucks entered through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, under strict Israeli control, where UN teams collected the supplies and delivered them into the besieged Gaza Strip. The delivery comes after relentless international condemnation over Israel’s blockade, which has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history.

“This convoy may have crossed the border,” said one local aid worker in Gaza, “but it is a drop in the ocean of our suffering.”

Hundreds Starved as Occupation Blocks Aid

According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel’s blockade has already killed 326 people, primarily children and the elderly, due to starvation and denial of medicine. At the same time, over 300 pregnant Palestinian women have suffered miscarriages, directly linked to malnutrition and stress imposed by the occupation’s deliberate deprivation tactics.

"This is not just a siege—it is a war of extermination through hunger," said the media office in a searing statement.

While the trucks carried desperately needed food and supplies, the volume is nowhere near sufficient to address the spiraling needs of over 2 million Palestinians trapped under blockade. International organizations have described the Israeli policy as a form of collective punishment and systematic ethnic cleansing.

Aid Amid Bombs: Martyrs Continue to Fall

Even as aid trucks entered, the bodies of 82 Palestinian martyrs—mostly women and children—were pulled from rubble and taken to overwhelmed hospitals, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported. Israeli warplanes continue to pound civilian neighborhoods, schools, and medical centers across the Gaza Strip.

While pretending to offer humanitarian gestures, the Zionist regime’s leaders remain fully committed to their colonial objectives. Occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his intent to seize control over Gaza permanently, hypocritically claiming a “temporary ceasefire” might be needed—to protect Israel’s “freedom of operational action.”

Activists and observers called the statement a cynical ploy, saying Tel Aviv uses aid as a tool of manipulation, not mercy.

U.S.-Funded Aid Group Rejected by UN

In a controversial move, the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced plans to distribute “300 million meals” via private contractors. However, the group’s open ties with the Zionist regime have drawn sharp criticism and rejection.

The United Nations and other international humanitarian agencies have refused to collaborate, citing GHF’s lack of neutrality and its role in laundering Israel’s image amid war crimes.

“This distribution model violates core humanitarian principles,” said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq. “We will not be part of it.”

Occupation Still Controls Life and Death

Despite this brief aid window, Palestinians in Gaza remain imprisoned behind Israel’s siege walls. Food, fuel, clean water, and life-saving medical supplies remain critically scarce. Hospitals operate on fumes. Children go to sleep hungry, often for the last time.

Palestinian rights groups continue to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the lifting of the criminal siege, and an international tribunal to hold Israel accountable for its atrocities.

“Let no one be fooled,” said a statement from a coalition of Gaza civil society groups. “The trucks that arrived today are not signs of progress. They are crumbs thrown at a starving people—while the occupation continues its slaughter.” (ILKHA)