Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30428111

Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem
Tue 20 May 2025 14.53 EDT

"Two days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of #Gaza, #Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving #Palestinians, the #UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.

Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment..."