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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official

People and vehicles in a street lined with ruined buildings in Gaza City
People walk among makeshift shelters and the ruins of buildings in Gaza City on Friday. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.

In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza.

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