The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says it has not been able to maintain a presence at the Rafah and Karen Abu Salem (known as Kerem Shalom to the Israelis) crossings into Gaza since Israel launched its ground offensive on Rafah city, and is unable to monitor the entry of aid trucks into the region, Al Jazeera reports.

UNRWA previously provided daily reports on the total number of trucks entering the Gaza Strip through these crossings — the vast majority of which were humanitarian deliveries from the UN, the Palestine Red Crescent and other aid organisations.

UNRWA said now, it can only track UN trucks that enter southern Gaza. The agency’s latest figures show only 69 such trucks have crossed into southern Gaza between May 6 to May 19, an average of fewer than five trucks per day.

This is significantly less than the average of 87 UN humanitarian trucks that entered Gaza through the two crossings per day in April.