Israel to allow baby food into Gaza

Israel said Monday it would allow baby food into Gaza, marking the first delivery of humanitarian aid since it imposed a full blockade on the territory on March 2.

“Today, Israel is facilitating the entry of trucks with baby food into Gaza,” Eden Bar Tal, director general of the Foreign Ministry, told reporters.
“In the coming days, Israel will facilitate the entry of dozens of aid trucks.”

Asked how many trucks had already entered, ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein said the exact number still needed to be confirmed with COGAT, the Defense Ministry body that manages civil affairs in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

UN agencies and international NGOs have for weeks warned of severe shortages of food, clean water, fuel, and medicine in Gaza.