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UN agency Very difficult to bring food into Gaza

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UN agency: Very difficult to bring food into Gaza

The World Food Program’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa has said that it is “very difficult” for the agency to bring in enough food to the besieged coastal enclave.

UN agency: Very difficult to bring food into Gaza

Speaking to Al Jazeera from Cairo, Corinne Fleischer said, “We have had to cancel or reduce the rations that we provide. We provide assistance to about one million people every month … but we don’t bring in enough.”

There are three reasons for that, said Fleischer, explaining, “First, there are not enough border crossing points open. Second, once we get through, there is a problem of law and order inside Gaza that makes us have to be very tactical [about] when do we bring food in so we aren’t getting looted. Thirdly, it’s a very complicated operation.”
 

source: tehrantimes.com