Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Israel bans UNRWA aid trucks to north, UN

Head of UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says move will speed up famine in north, where 70% face extreme food scarcity.

a man in a red vest shows a man wearing grey items including a wheelchair in the back of a truck
Lotfi Gheith (L), the emergency operations centre director for the Egyptian Red Crescent, briefs United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C) about items rejected by Israeli authorities that were bound for the Gaza Strip on March 23, 2024/ [Khaled Desouki/AFP] (AFP)
By Umut Uras and Maziar Motamedi
Published On 24 Mar 2024

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