United Nations. United Nations humanitarian aid operations in Gaza were halted on Monday after Israel issued new evacuation orders for Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip late on Sunday, a senior UN official said.
“We cannot deliver today under the conditions we are in,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“We are not leaving (Gaza) because people there need us,” the official said. “We are trying to balance the needs of the population with the need for protection and security of UN staff.”
The official said UN staff deployed in the area had been instructed to try to find a way to continue operating.
Israel receives more than 50 thousand tons of military equipment and ammunition
The Israeli Defense Ministry said today that since the start of its military operations in the Gaza Strip in October last year, the country has received more than 50,000 tons of military equipment and ammunition.
“The equipment purchased and transported includes armoured vehicles, ammunition, personal protective equipment and medical equipment,” the ministry said.
Military transports have been “crucial to maintaining the operational capabilities of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the ongoing war” in the Palestinian enclave and against Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border, he added.
The ministry did not specify which countries the weapons were purchased from, although Israeli government sources have previously said most of its weapons and ammunition were acquired in the United States and Europe.
The death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to more than 40,400 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.
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