Over 350 humanitarian sites and aid convoys hit in Gaza since 7 October
At least 357 humanitarian-run sites and convoys in Gaza whose coordinates had been shared in advance with warring parties were hit before the World Central Kitchen (WCK) attack this month, Middle East Eye has learnt. UN officials and aid workers, many speaking on condition of anonymity, have told MEE it had been clear for months that the humanitarian notification system in Gaza was broken.
But when the Israeli military killed seven aid workers, including six foreigners, in the WCK convoy on 1 April, the flawed system came under global scrutiny. “We talked very openly about some of the things that are missing,” he said, adding that he was hopeful the conversation would help “because [Finkelman] said he sees us not against them”.
But as of Saturday, McGoldrick told MEE nothing substantive had changed in the efforts to fix deconfliction, noting a Unicef convoy, carrying high-energy foods and fuel, was hit with bullets at a checkpoint last Tuesday. Unicef had shared its coordinates and received clearance before starting towards to northern Gaza where it was scheduled, among other stops, to visit Kamal Adwan Hospital where children are dying from malnutrition.
