Israel has stopped issuing visas for international staff of humanitarian organisations that work in occupied Palestinian territories, hampering efforts to get food and other vital supplies into Gaza.
The trickle of aid getting into Gaza is not enough to relieve severe shortages of food, clean water and basic medical supplies, and doctors say that children have started dying from malnutrition.
David Lammy, Britain’s shadow foreign secretary, raised the issue in parliament on Tuesday, calling on the UK government to pressure Israel for action.
“Visas for most international staff, including those in Gaza, have been limited to one or two months,” UNRWA chief, Philippe Lazzarini, said in a letter to the president of the UN general assembly listing logistical challenges.
Relief work is further hampered by a bar on foreign humanitarian workers – including diplomats and UN staffers – entering Gaza from Israel through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, about two hours’ drive from Jerusalem, it is understood.
Video shot by a bystander shows desperate crowds gathered on a beach on Monday as people wade into the water or head into sea on makeshift craft to collect food parcels, the New York Times reported.
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Israel has stopped issuing visas for international staff of humanitarian organisations that work in occupied Palestinian territories, hampering efforts to get food and other vital supplies into Gaza.
The trickle of aid getting into Gaza is not enough to relieve severe shortages of food, clean water and basic medical supplies, and doctors say that children have started dying from malnutrition.
David Lammy, Britain’s shadow foreign secretary, raised the issue in parliament on Tuesday, calling on the UK government to pressure Israel for action.
“Visas for most international staff, including those in Gaza, have been limited to one or two months,” UNRWA chief, Philippe Lazzarini, said in a letter to the president of the UN general assembly listing logistical challenges.
Relief work is further hampered by a bar on foreign humanitarian workers – including diplomats and UN staffers – entering Gaza from Israel through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, about two hours’ drive from Jerusalem, it is understood.
Video shot by a bystander shows desperate crowds gathered on a beach on Monday as people wade into the water or head into sea on makeshift craft to collect food parcels, the New York Times reported.
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