Israel’s Blocking of Aid to Gaza Is ‘Cruel Collective Punishment,’ Says UN Relief Chief

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The United Nations has urged Israel to lift its blockade on humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, describing it as a “cruel collective punishment” as the blockade enters its third month.

“International law is unequivocal: as the occupying power, Israel must allow humanitarian support in. Aid, and the civilian lives it saves, should never be a bargaining chip,” Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said in a…