Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy has commented on the humanitarian situation inside Gaza.
He said that a number of international organizations have little or no infrastructure to support massive numbers of displaced Palestinians, claiming Israeli-designated safe zones are unsuitable.
“We have been facilitating the provision of humanitarian aid through Egypt,” Mr Levy says.
“We want to see as much food, water, medication and shelter reach the civilians who need it, while making sure that Hamas cannot steal it,” he adds.
He repeats claims that the humanitarian organisations are not doing enough to bring aid into the strip.
“We have excess capacity right now to inspect trucks that, for reasons that have nothing to do with Israel, are not being let in,” he adds.
“It’s due to limitations on the part of international aid agencies inside the strip [that enough aid isn’t getting in], because I think at the moment, only about 200 trucks are entering Gaza per day,” he says.
“We have a capacity to inspect 250 trucks [per day], and we are opening the Kerem Shalom crossing now,” he added.
Israel reportedly agreed to open the second crossing, Kerem Shalom, at the direct request of the US – who want Israel to do as much as possible to ensure civilian casualties are kept to a minimum.
Both the Rafah crossing and the entry point at Kerem Shalom can be seen on this map – to the very south of Israel.
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