The UN accuses Israel of trying to "weaponise" the flow of aid into Gaza, leaving the population desperate for food and water while delivering them "bombs" instead. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) decries the worsening situation in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory after nearly nine weeks of a total Israeli blockade on Gaza.
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00:00It appears to be a deliberate attempt to weaponize the aid and and we we have
00:10warned against that for for a very long time that aid should be provided based
00:17on humanitarian need to whomever needs it targeting those who need it most
00:25first and not be used as in any way as a tactic to move people to any particular
00:32place there's a desperate need for food getting in they're getting bombs they
00:40need water they're getting bombs they need health care they are getting bombs
00:44they need shelter they are getting bombs and so on and so forth so of course we
00:51need a resumption of the border crossings we have aid pre-positioned outside of
00:57Gaza ready to go in so that needs to get in as soon as possible