UNRWA deputy chief: ‘More aid has to come in at scale’

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On her return from a visit to Gaza, her first since 7 October, Natalie Boucly, the Deputy Commissioner-General of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), described the “shocking conditions” she had witnessed in the Strip.

Speaking to Khaled Mohamed from UN News, Ms. Boucly said that the population is “literally besieged”, with limited health and sanitation and no access to electricity, and is only receiving “a trickle” of aid.

The Deputy Commissioner-General called for more land crossing to be opened up to aid convoys, and for the Israeli authorities to respect international law, and assume their responsibilities as the occupying power in Gaza.