first unloading of 300 pallets of humanitarian aid on the coast, after days of blockage

This is the first time in several days of blockage. More than 300 pallets of humanitarian aid were unloaded on the temporary jetty deployed by the United States in Gaza, the Israeli army reported on Saturday May 18. For its part, Hamas was keen to emphasize “that no aid delivery route, including the floating jetty, constitutes an alternative to routes under Palestinian supervision”.

After days of blocking the arrival of humanitarian aid in the besieged Palestinian territory and threatened with famine, the American army announced on Friday the arrival “around 500 tonnes [d’aide] in the coming days”. London announced for its part that a shipment of British aid had been “successfully delivered to the Gaza coast (….) along with aid from the United States and the United Arab Emirates” via the Cypriot maritime corridor, while France declared that a Navy vessel from Cyprus, with 60 tonnes of aid on board, was being unloaded on the American pontoon.