UN humanitarian chief turns up pressure on Israel to tackle Gaza crisis

An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over the northern Gaza Strip (AP

The top United Nations humanitarian official has accused Israel of blocking the delivery of desperately needed aid to Gaza with the US ambassador demanding its government step up efforts to tackle the Palestinian territory’s ”intolerable and catastrophic humanitarian crisis.”

Acting humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya and US ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield stepped up the pressure on Israel at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the escalating humanitarian emergency, especially in northern Gaza.