Gaza: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital

UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access restrictions placed on them by the Israeli military, after ambulances carrying patients away from a stricken hospital at the weekend were stopped for several hours while health workers were searched and detained.

"This is not an isolated incident. Aid convoys have come under fire and are systematically denied access to people in need," said the UN Humanitarian Country Team in Palestine, after the mission to evacuate 24 patients from Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.