UN agency for Palestinian refugees slams Israeli blockade on Gaza, demands opening of crossings – Middle East Monitor

The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Friday strongly criticized the continued reliance on aid airdrops into Gaza, calling them “inefficient, insufficient, and at least 100 times more costly than trucks,” Anadolu reports.

Philippe Lazzarini stressed in a statement that “trucks carry twice as much aid as planes,” and questioned the logic behind prioritizing air deliveries while road crossings remain closed.

“If there is political will to allow airdrops,…

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