UN warns aid work at ‘breaking point’ in Gaza as Israel kills 31 Palestinians
The Israeli regime’s relentless bombardment of Gaza has killed at least 31 Palestinians and injured another 57.
The UN warns the constant attacks on aid workers have put efforts to save the lives of survivors “at breaking point.”
The new assaults on Tuesday brought the overall death toll since October 2023 to 45,885, and the number of injuries to 109,196, the Gaza Health Ministry reported.
Bringing aid efforts to Gaza is persistently hindered as the Israeli forces target relief workers, while law and order collapse in the besieged territory, the UN humanitarian agency (OCHA) chief stated.
Tom Fletcher, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on Monday that the situation has become critical.
“The reality is that despite our determination to deliver food, water and medicine to survivors, our efforts to save lives are at breaking point.”
The Israeli forces “fired over 16 rounds at a clearly identified UN convoy at a checkpoint on the route from the south to the north on Sunday,” he stated.
“These incidents are part of a dangerous pattern of sabotage and deliberate disruption.”
For instance, Israeli airstrikes “have severely injured three individuals at a well-known food distribution site operated by a World Food Programme (WFP) partner,” he said.
Israelis “attacked a 74-truck aid convoy. A drone strike hit a vehicle from the local community which was protecting part of the convoy,” he said.
In another incident, “just a few days ago, a UN mission out of Jabalya ran into hostile Israeli soldiers who threatened critical patients and arrested four of them.”
Fletcher said the Israeli authorities “vilify our aid workers even as [their] military attacks them, [and] Community volunteers who accompany our convoys are being targeted.”
“There is no meaningful civil order, [because] the Israeli regime’s forces are unable or unwilling to ensure the safety of our convoys.”
Fletcher said the UN member states need to “insist that all civilians, and all humanitarian operations, are protected.”
“This should not need to be said.”
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