01 August 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Airdrops are at least 100 times more costly than trucks.
Trucks carry twice as much aid as planes.
If there is political will to allow airdrops – which are highly costly, insufficient and inefficient, there should be similar political will to open the road crossings.
As the people of Gaza are starving to death, the only way to respond to the famine is to flood Gaza with assistance.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA the largest Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ agency on the ground, has 6,000 trucks loaded with aid stuck outside Gaza waiting for the green light to enter.
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ including Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA and partners were able to bring in 500 to 600 trucks a day during the ceasefire earlier this year.
Aid reached the entire population of Gaza in safety and dignity. It succeeded to reverse the deepening starvation without any aid diversion.
No alternative to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ coordinated response with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA as the backbone had provided similar results.
Let¡¯s go back to what works and let us do our job.
This is what people in Gaza need today more than ever together with a lasting ceasefire
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Armed conflict, Assistance, Food, Gaza Strip, Hunger, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 01/08/2025
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