UN Emergency Relief Office: Gaza Strip once again “hell on earth”
Published: Friday, Dec 1st 2023, 13:01
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The UN emergency aid office OCHA is calling for free access for aid convoys despite the new fighting in the Gaza Strip. "Humanitarian aid must continue without preconditions," wrote the OCHA representative on the ground, Lynn Hastings, on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday.
The Palestinian organization Hamas must also release all hostages unconditionally.
In the past few days of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, thousands of tons of food, water, fuel, medicine and blankets have been distributed to Palestinians, reported OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke in Geneva. But since Friday morning, the Gaza Strip has once again been "hell on earth", said Laerke. The continuation of deliveries is now uncertain.
Israel's army resumed fighting against the Islamist Hamas on Friday. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the terrorist organization of violating the ceasefire agreements.
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