| Following reports that UNWRA food stockpiles were depleted in the Gaza Strip, IDF officials Sunday said they had agreed to enable the organization to refill warehouses. Deputy UNWRA manager in Gaza, Kirsten Gordon told Channel 2 news Sunday evening that 2 of 3 Gazans rely on emergency supplies for their sustanence, and since neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Administration were supplying essentials to the needy there, the closure of the Gaza crossings due to terror alerts was having dire consequences. Blaming Israeli restrictions at the Karni commercial crossing, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Thursday suspended emergency food aid for 600,000 Palestinian in Gaza. "If the new restrictions in Gaza continue, I fear we could see real hunger emerge for the first time in two generations," UNRWA commission-general Peter Hansen said in a press release. |