The Kuwaiti Red Crescent on Saturday morning shipped nearly 40 truckloads of humanitarian aid to its Palestinian counterpart in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, a Red Crescent official told Ma'an. Omar Azayza, the director of the Palestinian Red Crescent's office in Gaza, said that 38 truckloads of humanitarian aid had entered the blockaded territory, carrying 5,000 food parcels, 10,000 schoolbags, 5,000 medical parcels, and 10,000 blankets. At the end of September, the World Bank said that only a third of donor aid pledged to Gaza in the aftermath of last year's devastating war had been dispersed, amounting to $881 million less than was promised. The World Bank warned that unless Israel's blockade was lifted, Gaza could expect to face further turmoil ahead. The UN has also warned that unless current trends are altered, Gaza could become uninhabitable for residents in just five years. "The social, health and security-related ramifications of the high population density and overcrowding are among the factors that may render Gaza unlivable by 2020," the UN's development agency said in September.
