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UN humanitarian chief slams aid plan for Gaza proposed by Israel

 Published: 12:05, 14 May 2025

UN humanitarian chief slams aid plan for Gaza proposed by Israel

United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher on Tuesday criticised an Israel-initiated and US-backed humanitarian aid distribution plan for Gaza as a "fig leaf for further violence and displacement" of Palestinians in the war-torn enclave.

"It is cynical sideshow. A deliberate distraction," Fletcher told the UN Security Council. No humanitarian aid has been delivered to Gaza since Mar 2, and a global hunger monitor has warned that half a million people face starvation, a quarter of the enclave's population.

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