UN says Gaza aid entry still limited by Israel, no direct access to north or south

The UN said on Friday that aid entry into the Gaza Strip remains heavily restricted by Israel despite a ceasefire, while only 13% of the cropland is undamaged but inaccessible, Anadolu reports. Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said at a news conference that “despite significant progress on the humanitarian scale-up, people’s urgent needs are still immense, with impediments not being lifted quickly enough since the ceasefire.” “As of this Monday, the UN and our partners have collected from Gaza’s crossings more than 37,000 metric tons of aid, mostly food,” he said, noting that “entry continues to be limited to only two crossings with no direct access from Israel to northern Gaza […]