The six medical workers, along with four other ICRC specialists and six aid trucks, entered the besieged Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt.
The organization’s regional director, Fabrizio Carboni, said the convoy provided “a small dose of aid, but it is not enough.”
“Our surgical team and medical supplies will help ease the enormous pressure on Gaza’s doctors and nurses.” But there is an urgent need for safe and sustained humanitarian access,” he said in a statement.
“This humanitarian catastrophe is deepening every hour,” Carboni added.
The ICRC’s comments echo those of the United Nations, which has warned of a growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Although small amounts of aid have reached the territory in recent days, 2.4 million population cannot escape the war.
Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, unexpectedly attacked Israel on October 7, invading its territory and carrying out rocket attacks. More than 1.4 thousand people died in Israel. people, including civilians. Another 229 people were kidnapped.
Israel carries out retaliatory airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians claim that over 7,300 people have died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war with Israel. people, mostly civilians.
Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza enclave, leaving its residents with severe food, water and fuel shortages.
Hamas is the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip; it has been involved in several wars with Israel since taking over the Gaza Strip in 2007. The group has been recognized as a terrorist by Israel, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and some other countries.
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