Interrupting aid supply through Rafah to affect humanitarian response, says UN agency
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said that Israel’s interruption to the supply of aid at the Rafah crossing will affect humanitarian response across war-torn Gaza.
The Israeli army said earlier on Tuesday that its forces have seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
“Continued interruption of the entry of aid and fuel supplies at the Rafah crossing will halt the critical humanitarian response across the Gaza Strip,” UNRWA said in a statement.
The “catastrophic hunger faced by people — especially in northern Gaza — will get much worse if these supply routes are interrupted,” the statement added.
The spokesman of the Palestinian border crossing authority confirmed that the border was closed from the Palestinian side.
Video footage shared by Israeli media outlets, including the Times of Israel, showed an Israeli tank at the Rafah crossing.
Rafah – earlier declared a “safe zone” by Israel, houses more than 1.5 million displaced Palestinians who have taken refuge from the war launched by Israel that has killed over 35,000 people, mostly women and children.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January said it is “plausible” that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and ordered Tel Aviv to stop such acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians there.
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