Testimony of Guillemette Thomas, MSF medical coordinator in Palestine

MSF has six trucks, filled with 37 tons of supplies, the vast majority of which are essential medical items, that have been waiting since 14 June on the Egyptian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing point – unable to cross into Gaza where they are needed to save lives. “These trucks are lined up, stuck, with about another 1,200 trucks waiting to enter the Strip,” says Thomas. “This is incomprehensible and unacceptable; it’s like asking a fireman to watch a house filled with people burn down and preventing him from putting out the fire. The Israeli authorities must urgently open more crossing points to decongest Kerem Shalom and massively speed up the amount of aid getting through to Gaza on a daily basis.”