UN Calls for Aid to Gaza  

Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed

The United Nations has repeatedly called for a humanitarian truce in the violence, which the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza claims has killed more than 8 000 people, many of them children.

Israel’s bombing campaign has flattened thousands of buildings and Gaza’s 2.4 million residents are under near continuous bombardment, with little access to water, food, fuel and other essentials.

On Monday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA said the limited number of aid trucks entering the besieged territory were insufficient to meet the “unprecedented humanitarian needs” there.

“Nearly 70% of those reported killed are children and women,” said Philippe Lazzarini, who heads UNRWA.