The United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) says some shelters in northern Gaza are overcrowded, with people forced to live in toilets.
UNRWA Director Philippe Lazzarini claimed that Israeli authorities “continue to deny” humanitarian access to parts of northern Gaza.
He said people were left under siege without access to essential medicines and food supplies.
At the same time, Lazzarini said hospitals were being targeted and “UNRWA’s remaining shelters are so crowded that some displaced people are now forced to live in toilets.” said.
“Currently, almost nothing is coming into Gaza. In terms of humanitarian supplies, we are back to the situation we had in October and November last year,” UNRWA’s Sam Rose told CNN separately.
In recent weeks, Israel has stepped up operations in northern Gaza, and a post at 1:25 p.m. cited reports that schools were under siege and homes were being bombed by the IDF in the area.
The Israeli military has been carrying out operations in the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp for weeks, claiming that Hamas uses the area as a base.
Israel has faced criticism in the past for not allowing aid to Gaza, which Israel denies.
The country says this has facilitated the flow of supplies to war-hit areas, with recent videos showing Israel allowing humanitarian aid trucks into northern Gaza from Jordan.
However, recently the United States and other countries have come under pressure to increase aid supplies to Gaza.
UNRWA controversy
In parallel, Israel accused UNRWA personnel of involvement in the October 7 attack on Israel.
The United Nations Internal Monitoring Service said it had found sufficient evidence that nine staff members may have been involved in the attack, which claimed more than 1,200 lives and took 250 hostages.
Those nine employees were laid off in August.
UNRWA is the main agency distributing life-saving aid to Palestinians in Gaza while the war in Gaza continues.
It denies collaborating with Hamas and says more than 200 of its staff have been killed in the ongoing conflict.
Many countries withdrew funding after the allegations emerged, but later reinstated funding.
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