India, May 6 -- The head of the UN humanitarian agency for Palestinians alleged that the Israeli Authorities continue to deny humanitarian access to the United Nations.
Commissioner-General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini said that for the second time in a week, the Israeli Authorities denied his entry to Gaza where he planned to be with UNRWA teams including those on the front lines.
"Only in the past 2 weeks, we have recorded 10 incidents involving shooting at convoys, arrests of UN staff including bullying, stripping them naked, threats with arms & long delays at checkpoints forcing convoys to move during the dark or abort," he said in a statement posted on X.
"These incidents happen repeatedly at the time we are engaged in a race against...