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CONTENTS
1. HIGHLIGHT
2. BORDER CROSSING
3. LOGISTICS COORDINATION
4. CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION
5. AIR
1. HIGHLIGHT
Security situation in Gaza City for humanitarian workers deteriorated today after UNRWA premises were hit, wounding at least 3 people.
2. BORDER CROSSING:
- Kerem Shalom: opened, 71 trucks crossed: 34 food, 5 medical equipment and 32 others. Details on the breakdown will be soon available.
- Nahol Oz (for fuel) open
- Karni: open
- Erez: open
- Aouga: reopened for humanitarian cargo as of 1 pm.
3. LOGISTICS COORDINATION:
- Today the Jerusalem Logistics Cluster meeting took place. 49 participants attended the meeting. Minutes available on the Logs Cluster webpage.
- During the first Logistics Cluster meeting in El-Arish, agencies were requested to provide a pipeline outlook both upstream and downstream. The outlook should be provided to the following email address: ekram.elhuni@wfp.org.
- The Logistics Cluster meeting in El-Arish will be held tomorrow, 15 January at Swiss Inn Hotel with expected participation from WHO, UNRWA, WFP, the Egyptian Red Crescent, Kuwaiti Red Crescent and other Arab NGOs.
- An estimated 7.5 MT of MREs donated by the charity organization supported by HRH Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud have crossed the border of Aouga on 15 January. The Logistics Cluster arranged for the transport and clearance of the MREs, in coordination with WHO.
4. CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION:
- Today members of the JHCC held a meeting with the Minister of Welfare, Mr. Herzog, in charge of the coordination of humanitarian efforts at ministerial level.
- The JHCC is working on the possibility to facilitate the passage of trucks from El Arish straight into Kerem Shalom without transhipment at the Nitzana crossing.
5. AIR:
- The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has issued a note stating that application requesting permission for aircraft airlifting aid for Gaza are to be submitted 7 days prior to the date of operation to MoFA, department of Palestine Affairs and has to include aircraft details and be accompanied with detailed cargo manifest.
- The note also states that all aid carrying flights intended to Gaza must operate to Al Arish Airport.