Israel says it will allow foreign countries to air drop humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days, but the United Nations criticised the proposal as an ineffective and costly diversion.
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the U.N. relief agency UNRWA, called the plan “the most expensive and least effective way to deliver emergency aid,” as famine grips the besieged Palestinian territory.
The crisis follows months of Israeli-imposed restrictions on food and medicine deliveries. The U.N. has accused Israel of using food shortages as a weapon, in violation of international law — a charge Israel denies.
The World Food Programme estimates that 90,000 people in Gaza urgently need food assistance. According to the agency, nearly one-third of the population has gone days without eating, with thousands of women and children in dire need of treatment for malnutrition.
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By Nathan Morley | vaticannews
