US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield criticizes Israel for blaming humanitarian agencies for the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
Israel has routinely castigated the UN and other agencies for failing to keep up with the pace of its delivery of aid to Gaza. The aid agencies have argued that lawlessness has made it unsafe to deliver aid and that Israeli military operations have also thwarted their efforts.
“Humanitarian workers have been killed or seriously hurt in the field at an unprecedented level,” Thomas-Greenfield says in an address to the InterAction Forum of NGOs in New York.
“The lack of effective deconfliction mechanism in Gaza nearly nine months into this conflict is, frankly, unacceptable. It is unconscionable,” the envoy continues.
“It is unacceptable to blame humanitarians for not delivering food when conditions are not safe,” she says.
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