The humanitarian situation in Gaza, where Israel has imposed a two-month aid blockade, is dire, with food security experts saying starvation is looming for one in five people.
He said the assistance was entering by trucks -- under limited authorization by Israel at the Kerem Shalom crossing since last week following the blockade -- and via a “new distribution mechanism developed in coordination with the US and key international partners.”
A chaotic distribution of aid at a GHF center Tuesday left 47 people wounded.
He accused the UN of “trying to block” the aid.
‘Will not participate’
“There are no differences between the current list and the one from before the launch of the GHF,“ Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told AFP.
“We will not participate in operations that do not meet our humanitarian principles,“ insisted Dujarric.
Since last week 800 truckloads were approved by Israel but fewer than 500 made it into Gaza, according to Dujarric.
“If we’re not able to pick up those goods, I can tell you one thing, it is not for lack of trying.”
“But the UN did not show up,“ the Israeli envoy said. “Put your ego aside, pick up the aid and do your job.”
The punishing offensive has reduced much of the Palestinian territory to rubble -- including hospitals, schools and other basic infrastructure -- and resulted in the displacement of almost all of its roughly two million people.
Israel launched its operations in response to the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, which killed 1,218 people, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
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