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UN: Gaza aid shortfalls driving child malnutrition as access and visas remain constrained
Summary
The UN says aid reaching Gaza is far short of needs, reporting rising child malnutrition, frequent denials or impediments to humanitarian movements, and obstacles including hostilities, administrative restrictions and limits on visas for UN staff. The UN reiterated calls for a ceasefire and full humanitarian access.
The United Nations spokesperson, Farhan, told reporters the UN and its partners are unable to bring sufficient aid into Gaza because of a mix of "bureaucratic, logistical, administrative, and other operational obstacles imposed by Israeli authorities," ongoing hostilities, incidents of looting and dangerous conditions around convoy routes.
Farhan said UN teams were able to collect some food aid "mainly flour" yesterday from the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings, but stressed that the quantity is nowhere near sufficient to meet survival needs. "If this situation doesn't clear up, if this does not get better soon and more aid go through all the various checkpoints, people will die," he said.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that, of 16 attempts to coordinate humanitarian movements yesterday, eight were facilitated; two were initially approved then impeded on the ground; three were denied (including retrieval of medical…
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