A spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Gaza said the ceasefire has brought hope to people in the enclave as aid deliveries begin to arrive.
“The scale of destruction is really staggering. But amid all of this, people have this ray of light,” Olga Cherevko told CNN’s Rosemary Church.
Cherevko said aid trucks were crossing into Gaza for hours at a time for the first time in over seven months — when Israel ordered a total blockade on supplies entering the enclave.
She said OCHA’s assistance plan is in action despite infrastructure damage making it a difficult task. “This is going to be a very long journey… Things are not going to be easy.”
Cherevko said that OCHA will focus on the most vulnerable in Gaza for the first 60 days, aiming to provide nutrition treatment and assistance to half a million people, and water and sanitation programs for 1.4 million people.
Another focus for OCHA in the coming weeks is education, as Palestinian children have been without school for more than two years.
