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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Food for starving Gazans rots in the sun as Israeli military keeps Rafah crossing shut

Maxar Technologies

Food aid bound for Gaza is rotting in the summer heat as the Israeli military keeps the Rafah border crossing with Egypt closed for a third week, intensifying the hunger crisis in the Palestinian territory.

Truck drivers waiting for weeks to cross the border said that they have been forced to get rid of the supplies for cheap or see them rot in the sun.

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