UN urges Israel to open Gaza crossings for humanitarian aid

Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Centre Stefanos Fotiou on Tuesday called for opening all the crossings to facilitate the entry of aid into Gaza, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. 

"We hope to seize the opportunity to rehabilitate the food system in Gaza. We call for the opening of the crossings to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza," Fotiou said. 

According to the Gaza health ministry, the Israeli genocidal war has killed over 68,800 people and injured more than 170,300 Palestinians since October 2023. Another 10,000 are missing, presumed dead.

Israel has committed close to 200 violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October, the director of the government media office in Gaza said.

The UN secretary general’s deputy spokesperson has said that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault on Gaza, which has been recognised as a genocide by the UN.