Gaza ceasefire talks collapse as Israel accuses Hamas of making ‘delusional’ demands
Video of the airdrop showed crowds of people running towards the beach, in Beit Lahia in north Gaza, as crates with parachutes floated down, then people standing deep in water and bodies being pulled on to the sand.
The video showed the apparently lifeless body of a bearded young man being hauled on to the beach, the eyes open but unmoving, and another man trying to revive him with chest compressions as somebody said, “It’s over”. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has urged Israel to give an “ironclad commitment” for unfettered aid access into the Gaza Strip and described the number of trucks blocked at the border as “a moral outrage”.
Israel’s military disputed that account, saying people who had rushed the convoy had been crushed to death by the crowd or aid trucks. The UN humanitarian office urged Israel on Tuesday to revoke an apparent ban on food aid to north Gaza by Unrwa, saying people there were facing a “cruel death by famine”.
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