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Israel has denied UNRWA chief Lazzarini entry into the Gaza Strip. According to Britain, 2,000 tons of food have reached the Gaza Strip. All developments in the live blog.
- Lazzarini: Israel denied UNRWA chief Entry into the Gaza Strip
Israel’s army says it is continuing its operations at Shifa Hospital in the city of Gaza. “So far, troops have killed about 90 terrorists in the area,” the military said. In addition, emergency services arrested 160 suspects and brought them to Israel for further questioning, the army said in a statement. 300 people were also interviewed on site.
According to the military, civilians, patients, medics and medical equipment were not harmed. Soldiers also seized weapons during the operation. The statements could not be independently verified.
Conflict parties as a source
In the current situation, information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by the Palestinian and Israeli conflict parties cannot be directly verified by an independent body.
Canada apparently stops supplying arms to Israel. The situation on site no longer allows the North American country to export weapons, government circles said. The arms sales permits issued by Canada since the start of the war between Israel and the militant Islamist Hamas five months ago have only affected the export of non-lethal weapons. There have been no exports since January.
In the past, Israel has been a major recipient of Canadian arms exports.
According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the entire population of the embattled Gaza Strip is affected by acute food shortages. According to the most recognized assessments of the situation, “100 percent of the population in Gaza is suffering from severe acute food insecurity,” Blinken said at the end of a visit to the Philippines. “This is the first time an entire population has been classified this way,” he added. Israel must defend itself and ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat. At the same time, however, it must give the “highest priority” to providing care to those who urgently need humanitarian assistance.
According to the British Foreign Office, more than 2,000 tonnes of food aid have reached the Gaza Strip. The British Foreign Office said the food parcels for more than 275,000 people arrived in the Gaza Strip via Jordan and were being distributed to families in need by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). In addition, 150 tons of relief supplies financed by Great Britain, including tents and blankets, will be distributed by the children’s charity UNICEF. “We need permanent humanitarian access via roads to be able to deliver more aid,” said British Foreign Secretary David Cameron. “We continue to urge Israel to open additional border crossings and restore medical, water and sanitation services.”
Israel has banned the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, from entering the Gaza Strip. Lazzarini, who has been to the territory several times, said he was the only member of his delegation who was barred from entry by the responsible Israeli defense authority, Cogat, on Monday.
Israel justified the denial of access with errors in its entry application, but this representation was incorrect, said Lazzarini. Rather, he was specifically sorted out. The UNRWA chief said Cogat had publicly stated he had “not filled out the correct form”. “But rest assured that all members of my delegation, with the exception of the Commissioner General, were allowed to enter.”
UNRWA is the largest aid organization in the Gaza Strip. Israel accuses the UN aid agency of supporting the militant Islamist Hamas and also claims that at least twelve UNRWA employees were involved in the major attack on southern Israel on October 7th.
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