The UN is pressing Israel to urgently agree to safe corridors for the movement of Palestinians in Gaza and the delivery of aid to the blockaded strip as it estimates that 1mn people have fled their homes since Israeli forces launched their offensive against Hamas.
Martin Griffiths, the UN’s humanitarian chief, told the Financial Times on Monday that the organisation had been negotiating with Israel for days to secure assurances that “we can deliver that aid safely, deliberately, repetitively and reliably”.
“I hope to hear some good news in the course of the day . . . to enable us to take aid from Rafah [the crossing with Egypt] into Gaza,” Griffiths said. “We need to be able to move quickly and at scale.”
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