Sufficient aid is entering Gaza and there is no food shortage, an Israeli official says.
Moshe Tetro, with the Israeli defence body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, said Israel has been willing to increase the amount of aid entering Gaza. He blamed international aid groups for struggling to process and receive the humanitarian relief.
“The assessment we all, with the UN and other organisations, show there is sufficient aid. In terms of food, the reserves in the Gaza Strip are sufficient for the near term. There is no food shortage in Gaza,” Tetro said.
Earlier, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was forced to cancel six planned missions to northern Gaza. “The barrier is access. We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO and other partners to deliver humanitarian aid.”
The UN says about 25 percent of Gaza’s population now faces starvation with the situation growing more dangerous by the day.
Al Jazeera
