Attacks on aid convoys and those waiting for aid come as Gaza as a whole faces the threat of famine.
A person holds up a sign reading"Keep funding UNRWA" at a pro-Palestinian rally in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany.Palestineon Wednesday. The attack marked the last time that UNRWA attempted to deliver aid to northern Gaza, where 15.6% of children under twoon Monday that it was suspending aid to northern Gaza because it could not ensure the “safety and security” of workers or recipients.
The convoy reached an IDF holding point in central Gaza at 4:15 am local time; at 5:35 am, after waiting for more than an hour, aid workers heard gunfire and one of the trucks was hit. While no one was injured, much of the cargo was ruined, primarily wheat flour. When UNRWA later asked to continue through a checkpoint into northern Gaza, the Israeli military denied it access.
The attacks on aid convoys and workers come as Gaza as a whole faces the threat of famine, with those in northern Gaza particularly at risk. “Gaza is hanging by a thread, and WFP must be enabled to reverse the path towards famine for thousands of desperately hungry people,” the agency said.
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