A ship carrying 200 tons of food was on its way to the war-torn Gaza pilot Strip from Cyprus on Tuesday to test the feasibility of constructing a maritime corridor to the beleaguered Palestinian region, where hundreds of thousands of people are starving.
For weeks, aid groups have warned of the prospect of hunger in besieged Gaza, and the United Nations has reported significant difficulty in delivering food and other humanitarian supplies to the territory’s north.
This was done as part of a pilot program to prevent the Hamas terrorist group from seizing the aid,” it said, stressing that the trucks had already been inspected at Kerem Shalom.
“The pilot’s results will be presented to government officials.”
Israel has maintained firm control over supplies entering the Gaza Strip since the start of its war with Hamas, examining shipments at Nitzana and Kerem Shalom before allowing them to enter through the territory’s south.
According to charity workers, the onerous procedures are a major reason for the current shortages, and supplies sometimes struggle to reach northern Gaza.
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