On Wednesday, United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric announced that the U.N. has suspended nighttime movements in Gaza for a minimum of 48 hours to assess security concerns following the tragic killing of staff working for the World Central Kitchen food charity.
He said the suspension started as of Tuesday. The World Food Programme is continuing operations during the day, including daily efforts to send convoys to the north of Gaza “where people are dying,” Dujarric said.
“As famine closes in we need humanitarian staff and supplies to be able to move freely and safely across the Gaza Strip,” he told reporters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel mistakenly killed seven people working for World Central Kitchen in a Gaza airstrike on Monday, prompting condemnations and calls for explanations from the United States and other allies.
The U.N. has long complained of obstacles to getting aid in and distributing it throughout Gaza.
The U.N. has repeatedly called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the six-month long war between Israel and Hamas. Israel is retaliating against Hamas in Gaza over a deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian militants.
“As famine closes in we need humanitarian staff and supplies to be able to move freely and safely across the Gaza Strip,” he told reporters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel mistakenly killed seven people working for World Central Kitchen in a Gaza airstrike on Monday, prompting condemnations and calls for explanations from the United States and other allies.
The U.N. has long complained of obstacles to getting aid in and distributing it throughout Gaza.
The U.N. has repeatedly called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the six-month long war between Israel and Hamas. Israel is retaliating against Hamas in Gaza over a deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian militants.
Source: Reuters
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