UNRWA says 2 million Palestinians, mainly women and children, face collective punishment – Middle East Monitor

Two million Palestinians, a majority of whom are women and children, are undergoing collective punishment, the commissioner-general of UNRWA has pointed out.

“Hunger is spreading and deepening, deliberate and manmade,” Philippe Lazzarini told the media on Tuesday. “Humanitarian aid is being used as a bargaining chip and a weapon of war [by Israel in the Gaza Strip].”

Lazzarini insisted that Israel’s “siege must be lifted, supplies must flow in, the…