The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that food supplies to Gaza have increased slightly since a US-brokered peace deal was signed, but are still far below the target of 2,000 tonnes per day. This is because only two border crossings are currently open in Gaza and none in the north, where a severe famine is raging.The WFP said about 750 metric tonnes of food is currently entering Gaza daily. But that is far below the demand, as large parts of Gaza have been devastated by two years of war. “We need to use every border crossing now if we are to get this much food,” WFP spokesman Abir Etefa told a news conference in Geneva.However, not all crossings are open. Only the Korem Shalom crossing in the south and the Kissufim crossing in the centre are operational. Although the US-brokered deal is supposed to allow “full humanitarian assistance” into Gaza, only some of the crossings are being used.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the Rafah crossing on the border with Gaza and Egypt would remain closed until further notice. Its reopening would be conditional on Hamas handing over the bodies of slain prisoners.The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that food supplies to Gaza had increased slightly since a US-brokered peace deal was reached, but were still far below the target of 2,000 tonnes per day. This is because only two border crossings are currently open in Gaza and none in the north, where a severe famine is raging.The food delivered so far is enough to feed about half a million people for two weeks. Many Gazans are hoarding the food they have received, fearing that supplies could run out again. “They eat some of the food, save some for emergencies, because they are not sure how long a lasting peace will last and what the situation will be like next,” said Abir Itefa.Source: Reuters