A flood of aid in the spring averted earlier famine warnings, but the aid operation has all but collapsed since Israel’s offensive in Rafah, the report said.
By Louisa Loveluck, Jennifer Hassan, Sarah Dadouch and Karen DeYoung, The Washington PostPalestinians line up for a meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.
Most Gazans were already reliant on international aid before the conflict began, as a years-long Israeli and Egyptian blockade took a heavy toll on the enclave’s economy. After eight months of war, and with the flow of aid often subject to Israeli restrictions or security concerns, almost half a million Gazans are facing “catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity,” the IPC said.
The United Nations has told Israel that it may not be able to continue in its role as principal provider of aid inside Gaza if the security situation there does not improve for humanitarian workers.The warning came in a June 17 letter from Muhannad Hadi, the resident U.N. official coordinating Gaza aid, to COGAT, the Israeli agency responsible for occupied territories. In a follow-up meeting last week, Sigrid Kaag, senior U.N.
FILE - Palestinians loot a humanitarian aid truck as it crossed into the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. A persistent breakdown in law and order is rendering an aid route in south Gaza unusable, the UN and NGOs say, days after Israel's military said it would pause combat there to help aid reach desperate Palestinians.
The IDF did not respond to a Washington Post request for further details. Under international law, the relatives of combatants remain classified as civilians unless they take an active part in hostilities. But how to achieve that remains unclear. Netanyahu has already said that the other major Palestinian faction that governs in areas occupied by Israel, the Palestinian Authority, should have no postwar role in Gaza. The idea had been floated by Israel’s international allies, including the United States, although the authority is widely reviled by Palestinians, who say it is corrupt, unrepresentative and co-opted by Israel.
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