The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said Israel’s new aid delivery plan in Gaza could facilitate a war crime, ruling out the UN’s participation in the initiative.
Israel this week began allowing limited quantities of aid into the strip for the first time since March, following mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian enclave.
But officials say they will in a “matter of days” implement a controversial US-backed plan in which a little-known foundation would, under Israeli military supervision, deliver aid to Palestinians at a handful of distribution points expected to be concentrated in southern Gaza.