A UN spokesperson says 'there's an easier, more efficient way of bringing in assistance and that is via the road crossings that connect Israel with Gaza'.
The European Commission president says a maritime corridor for aid in Gaza could begin operating this weekend.
Negotiations on a possible ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas, now in its fifth month, remained deadlocked in Cairo, with time running out to reach a truce in time for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, expected to begin soon.Ms von der Leyen said a pilot test run of food aid collected by a charity group and supported by the United Arab Emirates could be leaving Cyprus as early as Friday .
Michael Fakhri, a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, told reporters in Geneva, it was "absurd" that Washington was discussing complicated new routes to reach a territory blockaded by its own ally. Ottawa paused funding on January 26 after Israel alleged some of the staff at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East agency had been involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks.He did not say exactly when this would happen.
Separately, Palestinian health officials said eight people from one family had been killed in an Israeli air strike on their house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
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