Aid Missions

Israel impeding aid missions to northern Gaza, UN agency says

Israel has consistently denied aid convoys to northern Gaza, according to the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA). Food shortages are worst in northern Gaza, where Israel concentrated its military offensive in the early days of the war. Israeli authorities vetoed at least 27 out of 81 aid missions that require coordination in the north …

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Egypt Independent April 25, 2024

UN says Israel denied 30 percent of aid missions to Northern Gaza in March

Israeli authorities denied 30 percent of humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza and 10 percent of missions into southern Gaza in March, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday. “IDF soldiers too often delay or deny convoys from crossing checkpoints, with rejected requests for safe passage, searches, detentions …

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Egypt Independent March 31, 2024