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UN says Gaza blockade, distribution plan risk leaving large parts without aid; urges immediate lifting
Summary
The United Nations reiterated that an Israeli plan for aid distribution in Gaza would violate humanitarian principles and warned that weeks-long restrictions have depleted supplies, interrupted water and fuel services and increased looting of warehouses.
The United Nations told reporters that a plan presented by Israeli authorities for distributing aid in Gaza would leave “large parts of Gaza, including the less mobile and more vulnerable people, … without supplies,” and that the UN humanitarian country team “will not participate in any scheme that does not adhere to the global humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, independence, and neutrality.”
The UN spokesperson said Israeli authorities have blocked all supplies from entering Gaza for nine weeks and that bakeries and community kitchens have shut, warehouses stand empty and children have gone hungry. The spokesperson added that the design of the plan “appears designed to reinforce control over…
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