Over the weekend, Gaza received two aid shipments, the first since Israel began bombing the Palestinian enclave following a deadly attack by Hamas on October 7. The 2.3 million residents of the besieged enclave are in desperate need of humanitarian aid since Israel cut off supplies of food, fuel, and electricity before beginning a bombing campaign. Due to the constant bombardment, over 4,600 Palestinians—more than one-third of whom were children—have died. Israel claims to be pursuing Hamas fighters responsible for the October 7 attack in southern Israel that claimed the lives of over 1,400 people.

What is known about the supplies of humanitarian aid going to Gaza is as follows: Which nations have given Gaza aid?

• El Arish International Airport in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt has received at least eight planes carrying relief supplies from Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, and Tunisia.
• On Sunday, India dispatched medical supplies and disaster relief to El Arish.
• 16 tons of supplies for Gaza have been sent by Rwanda.
• In addition to establishing an air bridge, the European Union has increased its aid to the region threefold.
• On the other hand, in reaction to the Hamas attacks, a number of EU nations, including Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, have temporarily stopped providing aid to Gaza.

To date, how many trucks have entered Gaza?

• Twenty trucks made up the first convoy that entered Gaza on Saturday from Egypt; the second convoy arrived the following day.
• Approximately 3,000 tonnes of aid are loaded onto more than 200 trucks that are stationed close to the Egyptian border, awaiting permission from Israel to enter Gaza.
• UNICEF representative in Egypt, Jeremy Hopkins, stated that "at least 100, 200 trucks going in per day" are needed to meet the needs of the people in Gaza.
• In addition to the thousands of people in need of food and other basics, over a million people have been displaced and tens of thousands have sustained injuries that require immediate medical attention.

Gaza : What else are they preaching to Get help with ?

They definitely Require more assistance : According to the UN humanitarian office, the amount of aid that has been delivered thus far only makes up 4% of the daily average required prior to the hostilities and a small portion of what is currently required as supplies of food, water, medicine, and fuel run low.Relief organizations claim that fuel, which is essential, is missing from the supplies shipped to Gaza.The sole cancer hospital in Gaza has issued a warning to its medical staff that they are running dangerously low on fuel and may have to close.

What if, as is inevitable, this war ends with a comprehensive resolution to the long-running conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian people, rather than with a cease-fire or truce, as has happened in previous wars with Hamas?It is difficult to see anything positive emerging from a conflict this destructive, particularly for those of us watching its brutal prosecution from Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Despite how horrible things are, I feel obliged to hold back from giving up. Even though I might be clinging to hope, I feel obligated to look for any reason to be hopeful.