Geneva, Jan. 1 -- : Multiple United Nations (UN) humanitarian agencies and international organisations jointly issued a statement on Wednesday, calling on Israel to revoke its ban on the operations of international aid organisations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The statement noted that international aid organisations play a central role in humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, providing nearly USD1 billion in assistance annually.
In Gaza, with winter worsening families' suffering, high acute food insecurity continuing, and the need for life-saving aid remaining critical, banning aid groups could undermine the fragile progress achieved during the ceasefire and have devastating consequences for vulnerable chil...