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Israel Rejects Claims of Limiting Food Aid to Gaza
(Ynet News) Einav Halabi - Israel has recently provided data refuting accusations it was deliberately causing hunger in Gaza. According to official numbers, Israel has been providing humanitarian aid including food, water, shelter and medicine through two border crossings, in amounts that exceed the delivery from humanitarian groups. Israeli officials say distribution of the aid that is delivered is hampered by an inability of human rights organizations in Gaza to organize orderly provisions in some areas due to the ongoing fighting. They also point to Hamas taking over the aid for their fighters or selling it to vendors at exorbitant prices. The IDF said Thursday that since the start of the war, over 17,400 aid trucks provided humanitarian supplies to Gaza, including 10,300 trucks carrying more than 218,000 tons of food. The daily average number of trucks carrying food to Gaza before the war was 70. Since the beginning of March, the average has grown to over 125. However, a large portion of the aid has been looted.