More than 6,000 aid trucks carrying essential food and supplies are stuck in Jordan and Egypt, unable to reach Gaza due to Israeli restrictions, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Saturday, Anadolu reports. “At UNRWA, we have the equivalent of 6,000 trucks in Jordan & Egypt waiting for the green light to get into Gaza,” said agency chief Philippe Lazzarini. He added that “airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation. They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians,” noting that “driving aid through is much easier, more effective, faster, cheaper & safer. It’s more dignified for the people of #Gaza.” Lazzarini stressed that the only way to address Gaza’s “manmade hunger” crisis is through […]
