UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: The current mass starvation can be stopped. It takes political will
UNRWA
30 May 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
We are back to the blaming game while the people of Gaza are starving and trying to survive heavy bombardments.
There are reports that 900 trucks were sent in the past two weeks.
That's just over 10 per cent of the daily needs of people in Gaza.
The aid that's being sent now makes a mockery of the mass tragedy unfolding under our watch.
During the ceasefire earlier this year - when bureaucratic and security restrictions were lifted by political will- the UN including UNRWA brought in 600 to 800 trucks a day.
No diversion of aid was reported.
This is how we collectively turned the tide and prevented a man made famine.
The current mass starvation can be stopped. It takes political will.
We are not asking for the impossible. Allow the UN including UNRWA and humanitarian partners to do our work: assist people in need and preserving their dignity.
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