New York, SANA – Around 1,500 people have been killed in Gaza since May while seeking humanitarian aid, the UN said Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that many people reportedly continue to be killed and injured, including people seeking food along the UN convoy routes and militarized distribution points. Some 1,500 people have been reportedly killed since May,\u201d Farhan Haq, UN deputy spokesperson, told reporters.<\/p>\n
He added that a health care worker with the Palestine Red Crescent Society was killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunus, southern Gaza.<\/p>\n
Since May 27, a US- and Israeli-backed aid scheme in Gaza has been widely criticized as being ineffective as well as being a \u201cdeath trap\u201d for starving civilians.<\/p>\n
Asked by Anadolu whether the UN secretary-general believes the UN\u2019s reputation and effectiveness can be salvaged given its failure to stop Israel\u2019s actions, including plans to expand the annexation of Palestinian land, Haq responded: \u201cHe certainly does.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haq said the UN\u2019s record includes \u201csuccessful diplomatic negotiations\u201d and humanitarian aid that continues to \u201ckeep billions of people alive.\u201d He emphasized that lack of international unity, particularly within the UN Security Council, hinders the organization\u2019s effectiveness.<\/p>\n
Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office said Monday that Israel had allowed in just 674 aid trucks since July 27 \u2013 only 14% of the strip\u2019s minimum daily requirement of 600 trucks.<\/p>\n
It said most of the 80 trucks that entered on Sunday were looted amid what it called \u201ca deliberately engineered climate of chaos and starvation,\u201d accusing Israel of weaponizing hunger to undermine Palestinian resilience.<\/p>\n
Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing nearly 61,000 Palestinians, almost half of them women and children. The military campaign has devastated the enclave and brought it to the verge of famine.<\/p>\n
Amer Dhawa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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