LONDON: A UN humanitarian convoy carrying food aid was hit by Israeli naval gunfire while trying to cross into the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, the The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said.
Philippe Lazzarini, the agency’s commissioner general, said that although the agency notifies Israel of all aid convoys and coordinates with authorities on their movements, they continue to come under fire. He added that civilians and the convoys delivering humanitarian aid to them must be protected at all times.
In a message posted on social media platform X, Tom White, the director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, said that no one was injured in the attack on Monday.
Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab condemned the incident, stating on X: “Israel is still acting as a rogue state or above international law. It has done everything contrary to what the International Court of Justice demanded.”
Footage shared by UNRWA of a truck that was targeted circulated widely on social media.
“We cannot deliver humanitarian aid under fire,” the agency said. “Safe and sustainable humanitarian access is urgently needed everywhere, including to the north of Gaza.”
