Israeli military destroyed tens of thousands of aid items that spoiled at Gaza border: Report
Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, reports that the military has destroyed and buried tens of thousands of aid items – including food and medical supplies – that spoiled after sitting too long at the Gaza border.
Citing military sources, the report says the wasted aid amounted to the contents of roughly 1,000 trucks and was either burned or buried.
“Even today, there are thousands of packages waiting in the sun, and if they are not transferred to the Gaza Strip, we will be forced to destroy them too,” one military source was quoted as saying.
The broadcaster attributed the spoilage to a “problem in the aid distribution mechanism”. For months, Israel has faced sharp criticism from the UN and rights groups over its obstruction of aid deliveries into Gaza.
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