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STORY: WFP / GAZA AID TRUCKS
TRT: 01:26
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 JANUARY 2025, KEREM SHALOM, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE / 19 JANUARY 2025, WFP WAREHOUSE, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE / 19 JANUARY 2025, DEIR ALBALAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
19 JANUARY 2025, KEREM SHALOM, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
1. Various shots, WFP Trucks loading with food and entering Gaza from Kerem Shalom
19 JANUARY 2025, WFP WAREHOUSE, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antoine Renard, Palestine Country Director, World Food Programme (WFP):
“You can see it behind me. We have now goods coming. We can make sure that 1.1 million people that are on food crisis can get the right assistance with the fact that now, no looting when we were coming from the crossing. We hope that in the next coming days, weeks, we will have the same security. Our staff will be safe. The population will be safe. They are able to go back to where they belong, and we will be able to serve them and follow them with what needs to be a long lasting ceasefire.”
19 JANUARY 2025, DEIR ALBALAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE
3. Various shots, Gazans celebrating ceasefire.
The first World Food Programme (WFP) trucks have started crossing from Egypt into Gaza. The agency aims to get at least 150 trucks into Gaza on a daily basis if conditions allow.
WFP plans to use every border crossing point from Jordan, Israel and Egypt to get supplies into Gaza. From Jordan and Israel, it aims to reach people in the north and from Egypt, people in southern Gaza.
WFP called on all parties to ensure that the guns stay silent to allow humanitarians the space to deliver.
Authorities have indicated they will prioritize trucking for humanitarian assistance in the first seven days to ensure aid quickly reaches those in need.
WFP’s goal is to provide immediate food aid such as wheat flour and ready-to-eat meals and also to support local food production, re-stock bakeries, and provide nutrition supplements for thousands of children.
The commercial sector is also crucial. If local stores are stocked, and local banks have the liquidity needed, WFP can also provide electronic vouchers or cash to families so they can buy food and other essentials.
