Israel says 5,405 aid trucks have entered Gaza since the war started
Reportedly the UN Security Council (UNSC) had called for boosting humanitarian assistance for Gaza after a long-delayed vote in the 15-member council, resulting in a 13-0 outcome, with the united states and russia abstaining. The resolution that was finally passed urged steps to allow “safe, unhindered, and expanded humanitarian access” to Gaza and “conditions for a sustainable cessation” of fighting. The resolution was toned down from earlier drafts that called for an immediate end to 11 weeks of war and diluting Israeli control over aid deliveries.The united states repeatedly has backed Israel’s right to self-defense following the october 7 attack on israel by Hamas, who killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostages back into the enclave. Gilad Erdan, Israel’s UN ambassador, said the Security Council should have focused more on freeing the hostages and that concentrating on “aid mechanisms” was unnecessary as israel permits “aid deliveries at the required scale.”Israel says 5,405 aid trucks have entered Gaza since the war started. The latest casualty update from Gaza’s health ministry said 20,057 Palestinians have been killed and 53,320 wounded in the Israeli offensive that has destroyed huge swaths of the enclave and displaced most of the population of 2.3 million. israel says 140 of its soldiers have been killed since it launched its ground incursion on october 20. air strikes, artillery bombardments and fighting were reported across Gaza late into friday night.