Humanitarian Risk May Worsen in Gaza After Suspension of UN Activities

Therefore, UNRWA announced it was suspending its activities in collecting and distributing humanitarian aid in the Strip, territory that could face a humanitarian crisis even more serious that has suffered so far.

The picture was completed when complicating Hamas and other radical Palestinian groups announced that they rejected the plan proposed by Egypt and France to achieve a ceasefire, arguing that “has no valid basis since it threatens the resistance and the Palestinian cause .

“The Franco-Egyptian initiative does not contribute to finding a solution since it allows the enemy to continue its aggression,” said Khaled Abdel Majid, spokesman for the Palestinian groups in Damascus (Syria).

Tension and fear in the north

To this is added that this Thursday morning the feeling was that everything could be even more complicated, to open a second front in Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.

Earlier, three Katyusha rockets landed in the Galilee region of Israel, fired from Lebanon.

One direct hit on a nursing home in the town of Naharia, except the people as they were almost all in the dining room.

Two people suffered minor shrapnel wounds and 15 were treated for stress and crisis nerves.

The big question was whether it was a provocative and pro-Iranian Shiite militia Hezbollah, Israel decided to open another front battala or an isolated case.

Israel responded with artillery fire, according to latest reports, left no victims.

The Lebanese Shiite movement denied responsibility, and Israel later denied.

Despite this, the incident of the truck loaded with humanitarian aid was the biggest concern raised when it was passing through the Eretz border terminal (between Gaza and Egypt) and during the hours allowed by the Israeli humanitarian corridor, which was impacted by the firing of a tank.

UN sources claim that a missile was fired from an Israeli tank that hit the truck, killing the Palestinian driver and wounding two others.

The Israeli army investigated the issue for hours, then this reporter by saying that “Israel fully supports the work of humanitarian organizations.”

But the paramedics of the Red Star of David that evacuated the two wounded Palestinians at an Israeli hospital, said that as soldiers in the field, was a Hamas sniper who opened fire.

“We can not continue to operate in this way. We call for security guarantees to carry out our operations, to respect humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention and allow humanitarian actors to operate,” said French Claret, one of Spokespersons for the UNRWA.

This is the third Israeli attack on the UNRWA after Israel fired at schools run by the UN killing at least 40 civilians, arguing that Hamas militiamen then shot his troops.

Hours of ‘humanitarian corridor’ (between 1 and 4 pm) have served to more clearly see that the tragedy on Thursday found 35 dead bodies in the rubble, increasing the number of dead Palestinians and 763 injured, over 3,100 injured.

On the ground, more than 20 people, including women and children, were killed in Jabaliya and Beit Lahya (north of the Strip), where there were violent clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants.