Israel is stopping the organisation from delivering lifesaving aid to people in northern gaza. Philippe lazzarini said in a post on x that israeli authorities informed the un that they will no longer approve any unrwa food convoys to the north. He added this is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. By Preventing Unrwa to fulfil its mandate in gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. This cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity. Mark lowen has more from jerusalem. Without unrwa getting the food out on the ground, there are few alternatives. Theyre essential, really, because they are the biggest Un Another Body Mass to get a few trucks into northern guys in the past couple of weeks but this appears to be a direct attack on unrwa itself, the head was blocked by the israeli from Entering Gaza Last week and i went to a briefing with him and i
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Israel is stopping the organisation from delivering lifesaving aid to people in Northern Gaza. Philippe lazzarini said in a post on x that israeli authorities informed the un that they will no longer approve any unrwa food convoys to the north. He added this is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. By Preventing Unrwa to fulfil its mandate in gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. This cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity. Mark lowen has more from jerusalem. Without unrwa getting the food out on the ground, there are few alternatives. I mean, another body, the world Food Programme, which is another un agency, has managed to get a few trucks in to Northern Gaza in the last couple of weeks. But this appears to be a very direct attack on unrwa itself. I mean, the head of unrwa, philip lazzarini, was actually blocked by the israelis fro
To enter Northern Gaza. In a post on social media, unrwas head, Philippe Lazzarini, described the move as outrageous. He said israels decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. Theres been no word from israel. It comes as the countrys Defence Minister, yoav gallant, is set to travel to washington, with israeli leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah, in Southern Gaza. Israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around Al Shifa Hospital. Juliette touma is from unrwa. She says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering Northern Gaza, famine will take hold. Well, its simply outrageous. And the clock is ticking, and with this recent decision, the clock will be ticking even faster towards famine. You know, theres more than a quarter of a Million People who depend on unwras Food Assistance in the north, and we havent been able to reach th
Themselves and have a go, thats huge. This hello, welcome to the programme. We start this hour in the middle east. The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter Northern Gaza. In a post on social media, unrwas head Philippe Lazzarini described the move as outrageous. He said israels decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. Theres been no word from israel. It comes as the countrys defence minister yoav gallant is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. Israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around Al Shifa Hospital. Juliette touma is from unrwa. She says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. It is simply outrageous. The clock is ticking, and w