On May 24, the ICJ underlined the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and the need for the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance.[286] It ordered Israel to maintain open the Rafah crossing for unhindered provision at scale of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance.[287] Prior to October 7, 2023, 500 lorries of humanitarian aid entered Gaza per day.[288] In the first month of the war, only nine lorries a day made it in and in the first ten days of October 2024, only 30 lorries made it in.[289] Impact on Electricity, Water, Sanitation Israeli authorities and forces have cut off the water supply piped into Gaza from Israel, cut off the electricity supply from Israel to Gaza that was needed to operate water pumps, desalinization plants, and sanitation infrastructure within Gaza, and blocked and restricted the fuel needed to run generators in the absence of electricity.[290] They have also blocked UN agencies and humanitarian aid organizations from delivering critical water-related materials and other humanitarian aid from entering Gaza
The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) announced on Thursday that the $32.5-billion tobacco settlement has been finalized and will be implemented on Friday, Aug
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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-5) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Busan, Republic of Korea from November 25 December 1, 2024
