Israel faces a deadline to present to the country's top court measures to increase aid into besieged Gaza, where hunger is spreading after more than six months of war.
Israel faces a deadline to present to the country's top court on measures to increase aid into besieged Gaza , where hunger is spreading after more than six months of war.
"Contrary to Israel's claims that there was no limit on entry of aid to Gaza, several policy choices are hindering" aid delivery, said Miriam Marmur, of rights group Gisha, one of the plaintiffs. While Israel has largely blamed the United Nations for not distributing aid properly inside Gaza, UN and humanitarian officials have denounced restrictions and administrative brakes on the entry of severely needed supplies.
A spokesman for the United Nations' humanitarian office, OCHA, pointed to statistics from March showing that it was much more difficult to get clearance for delivering food into Gaza than other aid. Despite withdrawing from the coastal territory in 2005, Israel has maintained control over its borders and imposed a crippling blockade when Hamas seized power two years later.
Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 33,360 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the territory's health ministry.
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