Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Al-Saadi: There were concerns that Lahham would be placed under administrative detention.
Al-Saadi: The Israeli occupation authorities could not prove any allegations leveled against Nasser Lahham.
Lawyer Oussama al-Saadi: The oppressive Israeli measures of delaying Lahham's release had vengeful motives.
Nasser Lahham's lawyer said the journalist was released without any conditions or restrictions, adding that the conditions in which he was kept were terrible.
The Israeli occupation authorities release Al Mayadeen Palestine bureau chief Nasser al-Lahham.
Local Syrian sources: An Israeli airstrike targeted a tank and artillery battalion in the city of Izraa in the Daraa countryside
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in eastern Lebanon: 12 martyrs and 5 wounded in Israeli raids targeting the outskirts of Wadi Fa'ra in the northern Bekaa Valley
Local Syrian sources: More than 10 Israeli raids targeted Sweida, with information about more than five casualties from the Internal Security Forces
Local Syrian sources: Initial reports indicate that approximately 15 people were killed or wounded at the al-Radwan family's guest house in Sweida following a direct exchange of gunfire
Israeli media, citing Israeli political sources, reported that the Shas movement is expected to withdraw from the government within less than 24 hours

UN rejects 'Israel’s' control-driven Gaza aid overhaul; famine deepens

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News websites + Agencies
  • 6 May 2025 16:20
  • 1 Shares
4 Min Read

The UN has rejected an Israeli proposal to overhaul aid operations in Gaza, warning it violates humanitarian principles.

Listen
  • x
  • UN rejects
    Osama al-Raqab, 5, whose mother says his cystic fibrosis has worsened since the start of the war due to the lack of meat, fish, and enzyme tablets to help him digest food, is being treated at the malnutrition clinic in Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP)

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has rejected a recent proposal by the Israeli occupation to reshape the humanitarian aid distribution system in the Gaza Strip.

“We do not accept a proposal and a plan that does not live up to the core fundamental humanitarian principles of impartiality, neutrality, and independent delivery of aid,” said OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke during a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.

Laerke criticized the Israeli plan as one “designed to further control and restrict supplies, which is the opposite of what is needed.”

Simultaneously, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are surviving on just one meal every two to three days, due to the ongoing blockade enforced by the Israeli occupation.

“More than 66,000 children in Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition,” UNRWA spokesperson Adnan Abu Hasna said.

Since March 2, the Israeli occupation has completely sealed off all crossings into Gaza, halting the entry of food, medical supplies, and other forms of humanitarian assistance. According to international organizations and human rights groups, this has worsened the already dire humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.

Gaza’s Government Media office reported that at least 57 Palestinians have died from starvation since October 2023. The World Bank noted that nearly the entire population of 2.4 million remains reliant on aid for survival.

“UNRWA will not be part of the new Israeli plan” for aid delivery, said Abu Hasna, stressing that it “doesn’t adhere to UN standards at all.”

Palestinian families risk their lives for basic necessities

Related News

UN: 798 Palestinians killed while trying to reach aid in Gaza

Syria condemns deadly Israeli airstrikes on Sweida

Palestinians in Gaza continue to endure life-threatening conditions in their search for food. The daily ordeal faced by residents in northern Gaza, forced to navigate perilous terrain to obtain basic supplies, was recently documented by the Anadolu news agency.

With the Israeli occupation banning vehicle movement on key roads, such as Salah al-Din Street, residents now rely on carriages and tuk-tuks, often using the al-Rasheed coastal road, the only remaining route linking north to south Gaza.

Tuk-tuk driver Majeed Dabbour described the difficult journey to the Nuseirat refugee camp to collect flour. “It is a trip full of dust and danger,” he said. The lack of fuel, exposure to airstrikes, and absence of proper seating compound the challenge. “We are living under extreme pressure.”

He stressed the life-threatening nature of these trips, saying, “Any car moving on the road is targeted by the Israeli army; that is why we are forced to use primitive vehicles.”

“We have to take the risks to get the flour to feed our children, who have been facing starvation by the Israeli army for more than two months,” he added. Dabbour also warned that the flour available in the north is often spoiled and unsafe for consumption.

Al-Rasheed Street: Gaza’s lifeline turned death route

Another resident, Abdul Hamid, recounted the fear that accompanies each journey. “We say the shahadas before we move, as the Israeli gunboats are behind us in the sea, the tanks in front of us, and warplanes are overhead. We might be bombed any moment.”

He called the al-Rasheed route “the only dangerous road” left. “We seek help from God as we move,” he said.

Umm Eyad al-Lehaam, an elderly Palestinian woman, described her first journey along al-Rasheed Street to Khan Younis as “exhausting and hard for elderly people.”

Tuk-tuk driver Ahmed al-Banna added that the journey is taxing for all.

“We generally need to stop more than once for rest,” he told Anadolu.

“Some passengers don’t speak out of extreme fatigue or fear. But there is no other choice; they want to reach their destination at any cost.”

Gaza’s Government Media Office has recently declared that the territory has entered “an advanced stage of famine,” citing the continued closure of border crossings and renewed military aggression.

  • United Nations
  • Gaza genocide
  • Israeli occupation
  • Gaza

Most Read

Hezbollah SG reveals war details on Al Mayadeen for the first time

Hezbollah SG reveals war details on Al Mayadeen for the first time

  • Politics
  • 8 Jul 2025
Yemen Navy sinks ETERNITY C ship, shares footage of operation

Yemen Navy sinks ETERNITY C ship, shares footage of operation

  • Politics
  • 9 Jul 2025
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after an Iranian attack at the al Udeid Airbase outside of Doha, Qatar, June 25, 2025 (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Satellite images show Iran attack damaged US comms dome in Qatari base

  • Politics
  • 11 Jul 2025
An Israeli soldier abandons an excavator during an ambush by al-Qassam Brigades. Arabic text reads "The moment the soldier fled", July, 10, 2025 (Al Qassam Military Media)

Israeli media rue al-Qassam footage, alarmed by fighters among troops

  • Politics
  • 11 Jul 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
Syrian government forces deploy at the Mazraa village on the outskirts of city of Sweida, where clashes erupted between Bedouin clans and Druze factions, southern Syria, Monday, July 14, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Gulf-backed negotiations underway in Syria's Sweida to end clashes

UN: 798 Palestinians killed while trying to reach aid in Gaza
Palestine

UN: 798 Palestinians killed while trying to reach aid in Gaza

A damaged car is seen at a field that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Nabi Sheet village, in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, Wednesday, August 21, 2024 (AP)
Politics

Hezbollah condemns Israeli Bekaa massacre, urges action from Lebanon

Palestinians walk next to the closed humanitarian aid distribution center of UNRWA, the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Israeli regime cuts electricity, water supplies to UNRWA Gaza offices

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS