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World > UN News
Gaza: Northern aid push frustrated as regional tensions rise
By UN News
Feb 05, 2024 3:10 pm

UN humanitarians reported on Monday that a food convoy in Gaza had been hit by shelling after a deadly weekend of hostilities in Gaza in which at least 234 Palestinians were reportedly killed, stoking regional tensions in the Middle East.

'This morning a food convoy waiting to move into northern Gaza was hit by Israeli naval gunfire; thankfully no-one was injured,' said Tom White, Director of Affairs for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA.

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