NEW YORK, Thursday, May 30, 2027 (WAFA) - The United Nations said on Wednesday the amount of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip has dropped by two-thirds since Israel began its military operation in Rafah, south of the Strip, this month.

"The amount of food and other aid entering Gaza, already insufficient to meet the soaring needs, has further shrunk since 7 May, with a daily average of 58 humanitarian aid trucks reaching Gaza between 7 and 28 May compared with a daily average of 176 aid trucks between 1 April and 6 May," the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

"These figures exclude private sector cargo and fuel. Of note, no aid has entered Gaza on 27 and 28 May through the temporary floating dock recently built by the US military, after a section was damaged due to bad weather conditions. Since it began operating on 17 May, 137 truckloads of food supplies were transported from the dock, according to the World Food Programme."

"Combined with intensified hostilities and access constraints within Gaza, this has gravely affected humanitarian operations and the ability of people to access live-saving aid. According to the Health Cluster, there are very limited medical supplies available within Gaza and this is placing major constraints on health service delivery," it added.

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