‘There Are Trucks That Are Half Full’: Reporter Probes Jean-Pierre On Effectiveness Of Gaza Aid

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During Thursday's White House press briefing, Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about the amount of aid getting into Gaza.

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00:00 There's been some discrepancies between what Israel is saying

00:03 in terms of the number of trucks getting into Gaza

00:05 that are full of aid versus some other aid groups,

00:08 including the United Nations.

00:09 So how is the White House exactly measuring

00:12 what good progress is?

00:14 So, look, I'm not going to get into the nitty-gritty here.

00:19 I will leave it up to -- up to --

00:22 up to them to speak to what they're seeing.

00:25 But we believe -- and we're talking about 1,000 trucks

00:28 in over three days. That matters.

00:30 1,000 trucks.

00:31 -But a lot of the UN folks are saying

00:33 that some of those trucks are not completely full.

00:35 There are trucks that are half full that are being counted.

00:37 So what are the measurements here

00:39 in terms of what is effective aid delivery?

00:42 -I think when we are hearing more than 1,000 trucks

00:45 and we're seeing that --

00:46 I just said 300 trucks just yesterday -- that matters.

00:50 There's more access being allowed.

00:52 The trucks are being allowed to come in.

00:54 That matters.

00:56 And so, look, that's what we are -- we're continuing to see.

01:01 We believe that Israel is keeping their promise.

01:03 There's more work to be done, right?

01:05 We need to see the ports open.

01:07 We need to see that as well.

01:10 But we're seeing progress here.

01:12 We're seeing progress.

01:12 -And in terms of the distribution,

01:14 once the trucks are in -- I mean, northern Gaza,

01:16 obviously experiencing a lot more famine

01:19 that's setting in, as was talked about earlier.

01:22 What is the White House tracking,

01:23 or how is the White House, if at all,

01:25 trying to facilitate some of the distribution?

01:28 And are there concerns about how it's getting to the regions

01:30 where it most needs to be?

01:32 -So, look, we're going to continue to have conversations

01:34 with the Israeli government on how this aid

01:38 is being distributed.

01:39 We want to make sure it is important.

01:41 Here's what is important.

01:41 It's important that the innocent people in Gaza,

01:45 the Palestinians, get that all-important aid.

01:48 We know what's going on there.

01:50 Obviously, it's dire.

01:51 And so we're going to continue to have

01:53 those diplomatic conversations,

01:55 be very straightforward with our Israel counterparts here.

01:59 But they made a promise.

02:01 We're seeing a difference here.

02:02 We're seeing aid getting in.

02:04 Of course it's not going to be enough, right?

02:06 Of course we need to see more progress.

02:08 Of course we know how dire the situation is in Israel --

02:12 and I'm sorry, in Gaza.

02:15 And so we're going to continue to have those conversations

02:16 with the Israel government.

‘There Are Trucks That Are Half Full’: Reporter Probes Jean-Pierre On Effectiveness Of Gaza Aid

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