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U.N. spokesperson: Gaza aid deliveries hampered; videos from distribution sites "heartbreaking"
Summary
The U.N. spokesperson said humanitarian operations in Gaza remain severely constrained, with videos from distribution sites described as "heartbreaking," fuel shortages in the south, and trucks cleared at Kerem Shalom still at the loading dock.
The U.N. spokesperson said Friday that aid deliveries to Gaza are being hampered by security and coordination challenges, describing recently released footage from a distribution site as “heartbreaking.”
The spokesperson said the U.N. and partners have a “detailed principled operationally sound plan supported by member states” to move aid at scale and that a “meaningful scale up of humanitarian operations is essential to stave off famine and meet the needs of all civilians wherever they are.”
U.N. humanitarian partners reported continued bombardment across the Gaza Strip and severe impacts on civilians. The Ministry of Health, the spokesperson said, reported “dozens of people killed and over a 50 injured just in the past 24 hours.” The briefing cited a strike on a school shelter in Adaraj in…
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