UN says Israel blocked effort to bring clean water to northern Gaza
A spokesperson for United Nations chief Antonio Guterres says Israeli authorities have prevented five United Nations missions from distributing potable water to displacement camps in Jabalia.
Stephane Dujarric told reporters at UN headquarters in New York City that an attempt by the UN to collect humanitarian supplies from the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing into Gaza was also denied today.
“Another [attempt] is still ongoing, awaiting a green light from Israeli authorities, a pause in the bombing along the route, and the allocation of a viable path,” he said.
Dujarric added that even when the crossing is open, “severe restrictions on what we can bring in – both in terms of volume and variety – means it’s still just a trickle of what people actually need”.
MSF slams new US-backed aid mechanism in Gaza
Doctors Without Borders has condemned the killing of dozens of Palestinians near a food distribution site in Rafah, calling it a “massacre”.
The killings are a direct result of a “dehumanising, dangerous and severely ineffective” aid system backed by the US and Israel, said the aid group, which is known by its French acronym MSF.
MSF said its teams at Nasser Hospital received people who sustained serious wounds as a result of Israeli gunfire.
“MSF reinforces that, along with displacement orders and bombing campaigns that kill civilians, weaponising aid in this manner may constitute crimes against humanity.”
Yesterday, our teams at Nasser hospital in Gaza received people who were wounded while waiting near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution site, showing once again that "this new system of aid delivery is dehumanising, dangerous and severely ineffective."…
— MSF International (@MSF) June 2, 2025
