UK to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza
The British government will increase by 19 million pounds (around 22.8 million euros) its humanitarian aid for Gaza where the situation is “catastrophic”, announced Monday the Minister of Development Anneliese Dodds, who is going to Cairo for a conference on the subject.
“Gazans are in dire need of food and shelter ahead of winter. The Cairo conference will be an opportunity (…) to propose concrete solutions to the humanitarian crisis,” said the minister in a press release, published ahead of the Cairo conference on Monday. “Israel must act immediately to ensure unhindered access for humanitarian aid to Gaza,” she added, as international aid organizations accuse Israeli authorities of preventing aid trucks from entering in large numbers. sufficient in the besieged Palestinian territory.
This new British funding is divided into 12 million pounds for the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) and the World Food Program, and 7 million pounds for the action of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa).
