Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the U.N. humanitarian office, said in a news briefing that Israel had “choked off” the two main arteries for getting aid into Gaza.
If fuel is not able to enter the enclave for some time, he added, “it would be a very effective way of putting the humanitarian operation in its grave.”
The main United Nations agency that helps Palestinians in Gaza said Tuesday that the “catastrophic hunger faced by people especially in northern Gaza will get much worse” if aid shipments through the Rafah border crossing were interrupted.
“This dangerous escalation threatens the lives of more than a million Palestinians who depend primarily on this crossing, as it is the main lifeline of the Gaza Strip,” it said in a statement.
Figures from the United Nations show that on Sunday, the most recent day for which data is available, 128 aid trucks entered Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing and none entered through Rafah. With the closures of those two crossings, it was not immediately clear how much aid was getting through to Gaza through the other avenues on Tuesday.
COGAT, the Israeli agency overseeing aid deliveries into Gaza, said on Tuesday that 60 trucks had passed through the Erez crossing.
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By agreeing to the ceasefire proposal Hamas is presenting yet another obstacle to peace
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It has put Israel in the position "where they really do need to move forward with this Rafah operation"
Rafah was literally bombing Israel:
"4 mortar shells were launched from the area of Rafah toward Israeli territory, following the sirens that sounded in the Kerem Shalom area.
2 additional rocket launches were also identified from the area of Rafah toward Israeli territory.
These launches are further evidence of Hamas’ systematic exploitation of the area of Rafah for terrorist purposes. We will continue to operate and eliminate every threat against Israeli civilians."
Keep pushing forward. We in America apologize for our corrupt , weak government. We are behind you.
Everything we know about how Israel has behaved points in one direction: they will escalate their deliberate attempt to starve Gaza to death
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