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US president adds Hamas were gathering the hostages now, as displaced Palestinians return to northern GazaThe United Nations (UN) was given the green light by Israel to begin delivering scaled-up aid into Gaza starting on Sunday, a UN official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public, reports the Associated Press. The aid shipments are meant to address severe malnutrition and famine conditions triggered by Israeli offensives and restrictions on humanitarian help. The international criminal court is seeking the arrest of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister for allegedly using starvation as a method of war. Israeli officials deny the accusations. Accoding to the AP, the aid will include 170,000 metric tons that have already been positioned in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials awaited permission from Israeli forces to restart their work.UN officials and Israeli authorities have engaged in a series of discussions in Jerusalem over the last 24 hours about the volume of aid humanitarian organisations can bring in and through which entry points. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters on Friday that fuel, medical supplies and other critical materials have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom crossing. UN officials want Israel to open more border crossings and provide safe movement for aid workers and civilians who are returning to parts of Gaza that were under heavy fire until only recently. In the last several months, the UN and its partners have been able to deliver only 20% of the aid needed in the Gaza Strip, according to the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Tom Fletcher.If this is achieved the easy way – so be it. If not – it will be achieved the hard way. Continue reading...
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US president adds Hamas were gathering the hostages now, as displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza
The United Nations (UN) was given the green light by Israel to begin delivering scaled-up aid into Gaza starting on Sunday, a UN official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public, reports the Associated Press.
The aid shipments are meant to address severe malnutrition and famine conditions triggered by Israeli offensives and restrictions on humanitarian help. The international criminal court is seeking the arrest of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister for allegedly using starvation as a method of war. Israeli officials deny the accusations.
Accoding to the AP, the aid will include 170,000 metric tons that have already been positioned in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials awaited permission from Israeli forces to restart their work.
UN officials and Israeli authorities have engaged in a series of discussions in Jerusalem over the last 24 hours about the volume of aid humanitarian organisations can bring in and through which entry points.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters on Friday that fuel, medical supplies and other critical materials have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom crossing. UN officials want Israel to open more border crossings and provide safe movement for aid workers and civilians who are returning to parts of Gaza that were under heavy fire until only recently.
In the last several months, the UN and its partners have been able to deliver only 20% of the aid needed in the Gaza Strip, according to the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Tom Fletcher.
If this is achieved the easy way – so be it. If not – it will be achieved the hard way.
Continue reading...
