UNITED NATIONS ¨C United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher on Tuesday criticized an Israel-initiated and U.S.-backed humanitarian aid distribution plan for the Gaza Strip as a ¡°fig leaf for further violence and displacement¡± of Palestinians in the war-torn enclave.
¡°It is cynical sideshow. A deliberate distraction,¡± Fletcher told the U.N. Security Council.
No humanitarian aid has been delivered to Gaza since March 2, and a global hunger monitor has warned that half a million people face starvation, a quarter of the enclave¡¯s population.
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