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CONTENTS
1. HIGHLIGHTS
2. BORDER CROSSING
3. LOGISTICS COORDINATION
4. CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION
1. HIGHLIGHTS
- UNRWA reported the increase of communal shelters for IDPs within Gaza from 31 to 37. Enumeration of residents is on going.
- During the JHCC meeting it was reported that West Bank Palestinian authorities are planning to send additional 10 water tankers to Gaza.
2. BORDER CROSSING:
- Karem Shalom: opened, 102 trucks crossed as well as 4 fuel tanks trucks. During the JHCC meeting it has been reported that decision has been made to reach the objective of having 150 trucks crossing per day.
- Nahol Oz (for fuel) closed today for operational and security reasons
- Karni: closed today for operational and security reason
- Erez: closed
- Auga: Information has been received by the LogsCluster in El Arish that the Aouga border crossing will be closed tomorrow, 14 January, for humanitarian cargo. Only commercial cargo is able to cross through Aouga border crossing.
- Nitzana: 36 trucks delivered. The plan is to have the Nitzana- Karem Shalom corridor open 3 days per week for cargo crossing from Egypt (Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays)
3. LOGISTICS COORDINATION:
- The first Logistics Cluster meeting in El-Arish will be held tomorrow, 14 January.
- At the Aouga border crossing in Egypt, it was reported that due to the expected border closure tomorrow for trucks carrying humanitarian cargo, an estimated 80 trucks have piled up at the border crossing.
- 7.5 MT MREs arrived on12 January aboard a C-130 aircraft in El-Arish from Jordan. The cargo was loaded onto trucks and is now proceeding to Aouga. This cargo is being handled by WFP on behalf of a charity organization supported by HRH Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and in coordination with WHO.
4. CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION:
During the JHCC morning meeting, it was reported that IDF has issued instructions to their units to complement the efforts of ICRC and the Red Crescent in the evacuation of causalities to the Gaza based and West Bank hospitals.