Israeli border inspections and delivery restrictions continue to prevent most aid from timely reaching Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite Israel's agreement last week to ease a total blockade on the enclave.
At the Kerem Shalom crossing point, the only entrance for humanitarian aid supplies to enter Gaza, Israeli authorities allow around 100 trucks into the Strip on a daily basis.
At present, the supplies permitted into the Gaza Strip mainly include flour, baby food, nutritional products, medicines, but other essential items, such as fresh food, fuel, and water purification equipment, are still restricted.
Even for the supplies that have been allowed to enter, only half or less of them can be delivered to distribution centers in Gaza, with the rest remaining stranded at the point.
To meet Israel's extremely strict inspection requirements, many trucks left their compartment door open so that Israeli security personnel can directly see whether the goods in the compartment conform to the description on packing list.
After passing the check point, these supplies would be discharged again for additional security checks, and then be reloaded to others trucks cleared from the check point before being unloaded at the distribution centers.
The strict security inspection has been criticized by the United Nations as one of the main reasons hindering aid supplies from reaching Palestinian people in Gaza.
Israel's security checks, restrictions on deliveries choke humanitarian aid to Gaza
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez said on Sunday that the country is at a critical stage and must achieve national unity, emphasizing that maintaining internal cohesion is of utmost importance.
In a televised address, Rodriguez called on the public to continue trusting the government under the current highly complex political circumstances.
Her statement comes in the wake of a January 3 military operation conducted by the United States, during which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were taken into custody and flown out of the country.
The operation resulted in at least 100 fatalities.
Rodriguez, who was sworn in as acting president two days later on January 5, framed her appeal for unity against this backdrop of external intervention.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Nanez denounced the U.S. actions as a "war crime of the 21st century" when speaking at an international cultural event on Sunday.
Nanez condemned not only the January 3 airstrikes but also the associated cyber and electromagnetic attacks.
He accused the United States of violating international law through the forced removal of President Maduro and his wife, while attacks on civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities, represent a flagrant breach of humanitarian norms.
He reiterated that the stigmatization and military attacks against Venezuela are driven by economic interests, particularly the desire to control its abundant natural resources.
Venezuelan acting president calls for national unity amid complex situation
