UN aid chief welcomes 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza


People transport Palestinians who were shot while seeking aid at a US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution point, at the entrance of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. -- Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP

GENEVA (AFP): The United Nations' aid chief welcomed Israel's announcement Sunday of secure land routes into Gaza for humanitarian convoys, and said the UN would try to reach as many starving people as possible.

"Welcome announcement of humanitarian pauses in Gaza to allow our aid through," UN emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher said on X. "In contact with our teams on the ground who will do all we can to reach as many starving people as we can in this window."

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