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The UN’s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has warned Israel that it must keep crossings into Gaza open in order for “desperately needed” aid to be delivered.
It follow reports that Israel will not open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on Wednesday, and will reduce the flow of aid into the territory, in response to Hamas handing over only four of 28 bodies of deceased hostages on Monday.
“We need the agreement to be implemented in full by both sides,” he tells the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen.
“So, that does mean that Hamas has got to get the bodies home, as they promised.
“But it also means that Israel has to keep the crossings open and allow us to deliver the aid that is so desperately needed at scale.
“We can’t let this agreement get derailed.”
Source: BBC News
