During his visit to the Rafah border crossing and Jordan on his annual Ramadan solidarity tour, UN Secretary-General António Guterres criticized the blockade of aid trucks into Gaza and Israel's denial of UNRWA food convoys, describing the situation as a 'moral outrage' and calling for an immediate ceasefire. Guterres emphasized the urgent need for Israel to commit to allowing unfettered access for humanitarian goods throughout Gaza and for the immediate release of all hostages. The UN chief's statements come amid warnings from various sources, including the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about the imminent risk of famine in Gaza unless more aid is permitted into the territory. Reports indicate that starvation has reached critical levels, with the entire population of Gaza facing acute food insecurity, and 27 children have died from malnutrition & dehydration. Guterres also highlighted the suffering of Palestinian civilians, meeting with injured individuals in Egypt and condemning the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Despite Israel coordinating over 300 aid trucks to northern Gaza, none were from UNRWA, which has been denied access by Israeli authorities. This decision has been met with international criticism, with calls for Israel to remove obstacles to aid delivery as the situation in Gaza worsens. The United States has responded by airdropping aid into the enclave.
As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of “Most Intense Famine” Since WW2 https://t.co/8S0aAnZwiq
#Israel says #UNRWA “has long forsaken its role in facilitating aid to northern #Gaza. While we’ve been working with aid orgs and other UN agencies to facilitate large amounts of aid to the north.” https://t.co/Ur3rSD8sTR
Israel will stop working with the UN Relief Works Agency in the Gaza Strip, a government spokesperson said on Monday, accusing the aid agency of perpetuating conflict. https://t.co/IRfPAjSZM4
Warnings of imminent famine in Gaza have galvanized the international community, with the United States airdropping aid into the enclave. @Reuters examined the tortuous route that aid trucks take across Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to Gaza https://t.co/hAiTGxHu0l https://t.co/X4UM4cB79Y
🔹Israeli Authority informed the @UN they will no longer approve any @UNRWA food convoys to northern #Gaza 🔹Horrific reports that 27 children have died in north Gaza due to malnutrition & dehydration 🔹Extreme levels of food insecurity and disease outbreaks observed
UN chief says there is a growing global consensus to push Israel for Gaza ceasefire #UN #UnitedNations #Israel #Gaza #GazaCeasefire https://t.co/2obWvekfQM
Israel's decision to block UNRWA, which has the best logistical capacity in Gaza, from delivering food aid to desperate Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza, is “denying starving people the ability to survive,” says @DrTedros of @WHO. https://t.co/Q808AXy92f
Netanyahu's blocking of UNRWA's food convoys to desperate northern Gaza shows: 1. His starvation strategy at work. 2. His vendetta against Palestinian refugees (UNRWA is a surrogate). The people who suffer: starving Palestinian civilians. https://t.co/4ndcSDfIjZ
We must push for lasting peace in Gaza where “starvation is bearing down”, UN chief @antonioguterres insists from Jordan on Ramadan solidarity tour to Middle East https://t.co/943QW0Cx3u https://t.co/KcwkirAcFw
⚠️ SPECIAL REPORT-DESTRUCTION, LAWLESSNESS AND RED TAPE HOBBLE AID AS GAZANS GO HUNGRY Full Story → https://t.co/29gnHeYCxi In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometers along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day,… https://t.co/tYh4CWxdXm
UN Secretary General Guterres sees "a growing consensus, I heard in the U.S., I heard from the European Union, not to mention of course the Muslim world, to tell clearly to Israelis that any ground invasion of Rafah could mean a humanitarian disaster," https://t.co/fP6v8YuCNJ
"Let me repeat: nothing justifies the abhorrent attacks and hostage-taking by Hamas; and nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Effective delivery of humanitarian aid requires immediate delivery of a humanitarian ceasefire." - @antonioguterres https://t.co/G6MaK8JIS6
Israel's decision to block UNRWA food convoys to the north of Gaza "only pushes thousands closer to famine. It must be revoked." - @UNReliefChief More here ⤵️ https://t.co/vr0n5WauE9 https://t.co/5cq4gl03sk https://t.co/m9S8PktajG
"The decision.. is totally unacceptable, & those that took that decision must assume the responsibility facing history of the consequences of the decision" António Guterres on Israel banning UNRWA from delivering food aid to northern Gaza, where people are starving. https://t.co/kBlvHCjaVH
Israel will block UNRWA food convoys from reaching north Gaza in a move the organisation's chief has said would "stain our collective humanity". This comes as Gaza's entire 2.3m population faces "acute food insecurity", according to a UN-backed report https://t.co/PNMNsqsvOj
"It's just outrageous. The clock is ticking and with this recent decision the clock will be ticking even faster towards famine." @JulietteTouma tells @BBCWorld that 1/4 million people in north #Gaza depend on @UNRWA food aid. With denied access, more people are likely to die. https://t.co/hhJrPJEkS9
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General #AntonioGuterres urged Israel to remove the remaining obstacles and choke points so that sufficient humanitarian aid could be delivered to people in #Gaza. https://t.co/P6rVoopuJe
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to Jordan that there is growing international consensus to tell Israel that a ceasefire is needed and that an assault on Rafah would cause a humanitarian disaster https://t.co/dFUQceLbqv
Israel has informed UNWRA that they will no longer allow them to deliver aid to the North of Gaza. The population of Gaza are dependent upon aid because of the hostilities and blockades. This is a death sentence for tens of thousands. https://t.co/eu2MqhqQ5b
#UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says during a visit to Jordan that there is growing international consensus to tell #Israel that a ceasefire is needed and that an assault on Rafah would cause a humanitarian disaster. https://t.co/ooVPK25tvp
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to Jordan on Monday that there is growing international consensus to tell Israel that a ceasefire is needed and that an assault on Rafah would cause a humanitarian disaster. https://t.co/5OcwOEL6MC
BREAKING: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says there is 'a growing consensus emerging in the international community to tell Israel a ceasefire is needed'
The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in a press statement: "Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to the north. This is outrageous and makes it intentional to… https://t.co/uNc56dJi6b
Gaza bombed as UN chief decries 'horror and starvation'. Appeals are growing for an immediate ceasefire and a halt to Israeli plans to send troops into Rafah https://t.co/6uNrgMd6yl https://t.co/cadZEzCnyy
Israel will no longer approve Unrwa food aid to northern Gaza, agency says https://t.co/dxtveVIZZ0
Israel Bars Aid Delivery To North Gaza, Says UN Agency For Palestinians https://t.co/UAomlnQUNY https://t.co/8nA9on4vQ8
Israel has reportedly halted UNRWA food convoys to Gaza's north, escalating tensions amid a funding crisis and accusations against agency staff. https://t.co/gqimjdaFAA
The head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency has said it's "outrageous" Israel will block its aid deliveries to northern Gaza Read more 🔗 https://t.co/mcYtCeDZu4
Israel will block UNRWA food convoys from reaching north Gaza in a decision the organisation's chief called "outrageous". Half of Gaza's population faces "catastrophic" food insecurity according to a recent UN-backed report https://t.co/CC8hRVvz8x
The sea deliveries and airdrops for Gaza are sideshow. "The only effective and efficient way to deliver heavy goods to meet Gaza’s humanitarian needs is by road and includes an exponential increase in commercial deliveries," says the UN's Antonio Guterres. https://t.co/70rFUD54vv
UN Secretary-General António Guterres slammed the “nonstop nightmare." “I want Palestinians in Gaza to know: You are not alone. People around the world are outraged about the horrors we are all witnessing in real time....We have seen enough." https://t.co/ayVYYtDX3s
How on earth can this be allowed to happen? The Palestinians are literally being starved, and Israel is now preventing food from @UNWRA to help those in the North of Gaza. https://t.co/CYtJXhQHSQ
JUST IN: Chief of the UN Relief and Works Agency says that as of today, the agency is 'denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza' and that the decision means 'the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydration and lack of…
I have urged Israel to lift all impediments on aid to #Gaza. Now this - MORE impediments. UNRWA is the beating heart of the humanitarian response in Gaza. The decision to block its food convoys to the north only pushes thousands closer to famine. It must be revoked. https://t.co/CvtbcT6hMR
The only effective way to deliver relief to Gaza is by road, and this requires an exponential increase in deliveries as well as an immediate ceasefire, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said https://t.co/zj2G4trc99 https://t.co/9zP2FcwjMo
Calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the U.N.'s secretary-general said, “Any further onslaught will make things even worse — worse for Palestinian civilians, worse for hostages and worse for all people in the region." ⤵ https://t.co/7RYEwPkcmV
“As we speak, in this moment, 1.1 million innocents in Gaza are at famine’s door. A famine that is being intentionally precipitated through the blocking of food and global humanitarian assistance by leaders in the Israeli government." https://t.co/hGUBIuGoFR
"The suffering must end": UN chief calls for hostage release & ceasefire in Gaza now, as blocked aid trucks idle "as far as the eye can see" on one side of Rafah's border crossing while a humanitarian catastrophe on the other side stretches even farther. https://t.co/x6iHu37ujk https://t.co/BI859ILaXm
Top UN officials say Israel's rejection of @UNRWA aid convoys into northern Gaza is "outrageous" and call for immediately lifting restrictions as famine looms in the besieged enclave. https://t.co/ZNjj9tbMUW
Blocking @UNRWA from delivering food is in fact denying starving people the ability to survive. This decision must be urgently reversed. The levels of hunger are acute. All efforts to deliver food should not only be permitted but there should be an immediate acceleration of food… https://t.co/JxuipvVK41
Israel officially informed the UN that it’ll block all food trucks sent by UNRWA towards Gaza https://t.co/O9gP3tRLsQ
📍# Gaza: as of today, @UNRWA, the main lifeline for #Palestine Refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza. Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any @UNRWA food… https://t.co/lfp9xRQuh1
UN chief blames Israeli ‘obstacles, chokepoints’ for looming famine in Gaza Strip https://t.co/BLw05YhR1H
In conflicting posts on social media, COGAT and the UN blame each other for logistical issues impeding hundreds of trucks containing humanitarian aid meant for distribution in the Gaza Strip. https://t.co/IOgrv4PBej
"[Palestinians in Gaza] desperately need what has been promised – a flood of aid." The only effective and efficient way to deliver heavy goods to meet Gaza’s humanitarian needs is by road, says UN chief Antonio Guterres during a visit to Egypt https://t.co/mOVh4hShsk https://t.co/tr9pFOEoJT
Aid To Gaza Requires Israel "Removing Obstacles", Says UN Chief https://t.co/5oHJeVA9yx https://t.co/aUMEglDCKR
Famine is imminent in #Gaza 📍 The situation worsens by the day & the population depends on humanitarian aid for survival. @UNRWA provides critical supplies including flour, food & water. Much more is needed. Only sustained humanitarian access across #GazaStrip can save lives. https://t.co/DZOYqXJlUU
Again, the @UN is deceiving. These trucks are waiting for inspection in Egypt and haven't reached Israeli crossings. The UN must scale up logistics and stop blaming Israel for its own failures. Btw, 142 aid trucks are still waiting for pick up by the UN on the Gazan side of KS. https://t.co/RiABZh22LC https://t.co/OFzRE6NbfP
#BREAKING UN chief Guterres says delivering necessary aid to Gaza 'requires Israel removing the remaining obstacles and chokepoints' https://t.co/riTV0rExud
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the only effective and efficient way to deliver heavy goods to meet Gaza's humanitarian needs is by road. https://t.co/ipJJfdxWH2
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres says in Cairo that delivering the necessary aid to famine-threatened #Gaza “requires #Israel removing the remaining obstacles and chokepoints to relief.” https://t.co/LgJVg11NJr
Israeli authorities have denied @UNRWA food convoys to northern #Gaza for the last 2️⃣ months. Israel claims that "hundreds of aid trucks are waiting" for @UN to distribute it, @AP reports. "No time for misinformation. Enough," our @JulietteTouma said. https://t.co/bBTFOy8I7t
"@UNICEF is doing whatever it takes to reach children in Gaza, but in order to safely deliver at scale, we need sustained humanitarian access now" ⬇️ https://t.co/EoRNetV5ET
U.N. Chief Calls Conditions in Gaza a ‘Moral Outrage’ In a visit to the Rafah border crossing, @un Secretary General @antonioguterres could have called for Egypt to open the border and save thousands of people. Instead, he prefers to let more die while blaming Israel for…
UN Secretary-General urges substantial aid for #Gaza at Rafah conference Read more: https://t.co/XqblY2QQ7H @antonioguterres https://t.co/uNXmEuKvd4
UN Chief Guterres visits Egypt to push for a ceasefire 'I would advise Israel to give the whole responsibility of this humanitarian crisis to the UN, even UNRWA. They wouldn't manage it... A part from the dysfunctions, there is pure antisemitism,' says Frmr. IDF intelligence… https://t.co/4EOCW2TqGh
Israel continues its deadly bombardment of the besieged Gaza as Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA chief, says Israel has denied access to all of the UN agency’s food convoys this week. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/3yr9tJJu5c https://t.co/XWb9EzhwgM
UN chief Guterres sees "heartbreak" at Rafah border crossing with #Gaza https://t.co/E6tsRjQoAJ
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated his call Saturday for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, using a visit to a border crossing in Egypt to slam the "nonstop nightmare” Palestinians faced in the territory. | via @nytimes https://t.co/iTatUgDRBt
"We must silence the guns; we need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza," UN chief @antonioguterres says during a visit with Palestinian patients injured in Israel's ongoing war in the enclave. More here ⤵️ https://t.co/LuAPAdK9oS https://t.co/kfzNh96995
UN’s Guterres urges immediate Gaza ceasefire amid famine risk https://t.co/Ve49ZNAfjx
World Has "Seen Enough": UN Chief Visits #Gaza Border, Urges For Ceasefire https://t.co/MV9okSSTxT
A Moral Outrage: “Nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Now more than ever it is time for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “It is time to silence the guns.” Please share More from him TODAY: He speaks…
"It is time to truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid" and for "an ironclad commitment by Israel for total, unfettered access for humanitarian goods throughout Gaza" - UN Secretary General @antonioguterres More here ⤵️ https://t.co/LuAPAdKHeq https://t.co/9BGk2hqWdK
UN chief #AntonioGuterres at #Gaza crossing, urges end to ‘nightmare’ of war https://t.co/pAIYmRnPvn https://t.co/Hftm0jO6W8
We are about to witness in #Gaza the most intense famine since the Second World War https://t.co/BuN6ehX6Ai https://t.co/Kq3s4FCHIe
"Nothing justifies the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7 & nothing justifies the collective punishment of the Palestinian people" - UN chief @antonioguterres says at Rafah border crossing on day one of his annual Ramadan solidarity trip. More here ⤵️ https://t.co/LuAPAdK9oS https://t.co/WLO1WdaEnp
Israel has coordinated over 300 aid trucks to northern Gaza over the past month. None of those were @UNRWA trucks. UNRWA is a Hamas front that covers up Hamas stealing aid from civilians. https://t.co/jidPIpKd9z
“It’s impossible not to feel heartbroken by the accounts of those injured or separated from their families.” After meeting Palestinian civilians in hospital in Egypt, @antonioguterres repeats his call for humanitarian ceasefire & release of all hostages. https://t.co/5GQD1HG2pe https://t.co/USC4ks6cNP
Israel must give an ‘ironclad commitment’ for unfettered access to humanitarian aid throughout Gaza, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, calling it a ‘moral outrage’ that a line of relief trucks were blocked on Egypt’s side of the border https://t.co/86KiY1xWw8 https://t.co/nu3TljRWfP
"From this crossing, we see the heartbreak & heartlessness of it all. A long line of blocked relief trucks on one side of the gates. The long shadow of starvation on the other. That is more than tragic. It is a moral outrage." – @antonioguterres at Rafah. https://t.co/5GQD1HG2pe https://t.co/veLeya5uhc
UN head @antonioguterres praises “generous” Egypt which has fortified its border to avoid Gazans getting away from Hamas and the war and into their country. He calls for an unconditional ceasefire which would give Hamas cover and leave the Israeli hostages in hell. The hypocrisy. https://t.co/AUyuzCSfle
UN Guterres criticizes line of blocked relief trucks at Rafah crossing, calling it a 'moral outrage.' Story by @EveBelleYoung https://t.co/2nT00Qx7rr
On a visit to the Rafah border crossing, UN chief Antonio Guterres urges Israel to give Palestinians in Gaza unfettered access to humanitarian aid https://t.co/CDiwuga6nQ https://t.co/7zFgkL7K8C
Starvation is now reaching the highest levels in Gaza. Save Gaza before it is too late. https://t.co/Jgd7d5YL0a
UN chief says blocked Gaza aid is a ‘moral outrage’, calls for war to end https://t.co/15ZCtxBRFY
#ICYMI: Famine is imminent between now and May in Gaza unless more aid is allowed into the besieged and bombarded enclave, according to @FAO's Rein Paulsen. Catch up on our news from Gaza: https://t.co/MBLgY1Y67d https://t.co/O76NgCeiLZ
It’s time for an immediate ceasefire. It’s time for an ironclad commitment by Israel for unfettered access for humanitarian goods throughout Gaza. And it’s time for the immediate release of all hostages. -- @antonioguterres https://t.co/5GQD1HG2pe https://t.co/atK463cgY6
In Egypt, UN chief decries ‘non-stop nightmare’ of Gaza war https://t.co/boAp8pbG94
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres visited Egypt’s border with Gaza on Saturday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to send forces into the packed city of Rafah near that border, despite warnings from U.S. and world leaders. https://t.co/MG7LIepLdl
'A moral outrage': At Rafah crossing, UN chief decries aid trucks waiting to enter Gaza https://t.co/ilbOaCyW4V