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UN says humanitarian access to Gaza remains insufficient as WFP deliveries fall short
Summary
At a UN press briefing, the spokesperson said repeated denials and delays have limited life‑saving supplies to Gaza; the World Food Programme transported some 700 trucks to the border since May 19 but only a fraction entered Gaza.
Farhan, a UN spokesperson, said the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs continues to receive reports of people being killed and injured while trying to access food in the Gaza Strip and warned that people across Gaza are at risk of famine.
"No one should be forced to risk their lives to receive aid," Farhan said, citing repeated denials and delays from Israeli authorities that have restricted humanitarian movements. He said that between April 13 and the Monday before the briefing, 29 of 35 attempts to access available stocks of fuel at Rafa were denied, and that a mission that morning had also been denied.
Farhan gave WFP delivery figures to illustrate the…
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