A global hunger monitor has warned of imminent famine in parts of Gaza.
Egyptian officials and sources say humanitarian operations are at risk from military activity. / Photo: AFP
Egyptian officials and sources said on Friday that humanitarian operations are at risk from military activity and that Israel needs to hand the crossing back to Palestinians before it starts operating again. One truck driver, Mahmoud Hussein, said his goods had been loaded on his vehicle for a month, gradually spoiling in the sun. Some of the foodstuffs are being discarded, others sold of cheap.
Aid deliveries for Gaza through Rafah began in late October, two weeks after the start of the Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave. The amount of aid waiting in Egypt's northern Sinai was now very large, and some had been stuck for more than two months, said Khaled Zayed, head of the Egyptian Red Crescent in the area.
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