Residents of the Gaza Strip are on the verge of famine in light of the scarcity of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies (Anatolia Agency)
NBC quoted American officials as saying that Israel is considering contracting with private international security companies to secure the delivery of aid in the Gaza Strip.
The same source added that Washington, for its part, is considering using Palestinian security service providers to help distribute aid, and that “there are groups and factions in Gaza that are not linked to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) that can help distribute aid,” noting that officials in President Joe Biden’s administration “are hesitant.” Concerning the presence of American forces or private security companies in Gaza.”
Israel had previously offered to the notables of families in Gaza to cooperate with it to secure the distribution of aid, but the notables refused that, and expressed their willingness to cooperate by bringing in and distributing aid on the condition of coordination with the security services in Gaza.
The Israeli occupation army continuously targets Palestinian civilians while they wait for scarce aid trucks, leading to the martyrdom of a large number of them in repeated massacres.
As a result of the war and Israeli restrictions, the residents of the Gaza Strip, especially the Gaza and North governorates, are on the verge of famine, in light of a severe scarcity of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies, with the displacement of about two million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, which has been besieged by Israel for 17 years.
In the face of insufficient aid arriving by truck due to Israeli restrictions on land crossings, many countries began organizing airdrops of aid, in addition to opening the sea corridor from Cyprus, but they all confirm that this cannot constitute an alternative to land corridors in the face of the looming famine. Residents of the Gaza Strip, which was devastated by the Israeli war that has been going on for more than 5 months.
Some airdrops fell on Palestinians, killing some of them, and others fell into the sea or in Israeli areas.
The United States recently announced its intention to establish a pier on the Gaza coast through a sea corridor from Cyprus to transport aid by sea in light of the severe food shortage, which has led to the spread of famine, especially in the northern Gaza Strip, according to international organizations.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies