The United Nations World Food Program has temporarily stopped distributing humanitarian aid from an American-built pier in Gaza, citing serious security concerns for its workers.
This decision comes in the wake of two of the agency's warehouses being targeted, marking one of the deadliest days in the ongoing conflict in the region. The director of the program expressed deep concern for the safety of their personnel, leading to the indefinite pause of aid operations. This pier had been a crucial point for the delivery of thousands of metric tons of food and other essential aid to Gaza.
The duration of this suspension and its impact on the humanitarian situation in Gaza remain uncertain.
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UN food agency pauses aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns after 2 warehouses ‘rocketed'
The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people" after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there.
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UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback – ASSOCIATED PRESS
A key section of the U.S. military-built pier designed ... metric tons) of food and other aid, before McCain said her agency was pausing its humanitarian work there. The U.N. agency gave no further details, including how long the pause would last.
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UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
The director of the U.N. World Food Program says the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza out of concern for the safety of its workers
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