The United States says that Israel should let the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini into Gaza after he was denied entry.
Palestinians gather to receive aid outside an UNRWA warehouse as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger amid Israeli attacks / Photo: AP
"Mr. Lazzarini and his staff, we believe, should be able to assess their operations and so we're going to continue to work with the government of Israel and other appropriate interlocutors to push for that to happen," he added. Patel did not comment on whether the United States has raised with Israel the denial of entry to Lazzarini.-Famine is imminent in the northern Gaza Strip, expected to arrive between now and May.— Philippe Lazzarini The UN special rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, denounced Israel's refusal to grant Lazzarini access to the enclave and wrote on X that Tel Aviv is attempting to hinder witness accounts of"genocide.
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