Efforts to deliver aid routes into Gaza

Airdrops of food, a new sea route, and trucks entering through border crossings have not yet delivered enough food and supplies to Gaza to meet the needs of an increasingly desperate and hungry population

SEA ROUTE
On Mar 16, Spanish ship Open Arms delivers 200 tonnes of food provided by U.S. charity World Central Kitchen, as part of European and Emirati efforts to open maritime corridor from Cyprus

U.S. Navy logistics support vessel General Frank S. Besson tasked with building floating dock and pier, to enable 2 million meals per day into Gaza

LAND ROUTE 
Lorries entering south of Gaza through Egyptian-controlled 

Rafah Crossing and Israeli- controlled Kerem Shalom Crossing. But trucks face arduous process that can take three weeks

El Arish

1 Aid collected at warehouses in El Arish
2 Trucks undergo security checks in Rafah, Egypt
3 Lorries travel to Kerem Shalom
4 Return to crossings points where aid is transferred to separate trucks for delivery into Gaza
or Nitzana for Israeli inspection
5 Aid distributed inside Gaza, passing through one of two other Israeli checkpoints

AIR ROUTE
U.S., Jordan, France and others have conducted airdrops of aid in Gaza

Al Rashid checkpoint

Gaza City

Salah Al Din checkpoint


Rafah

GAZA STRIP

Khan Younis

Rafah

1 2 3 4 5

Mar 13: Six lorries from World Food Programme deliver aid via gate in Gaza border fence

Rafah Crossing Kerem Shalom

ISRAEL

WFP convoys also using land route from Jordan across Israel

EGYPT

Nitzana

8km 5 miles

Sources: UN, BBC, Reuters, New York Times
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