But residents and aid workers say that many people haven’t had the cash to purchase them. COGAT, an Israeli Defense Ministry agency tasked with coordinating aid deliveries into the Palestinian territories, did not respond to Reuters’ questions. In February, the top US diplomat involved in humanitarian assistance to Gaza said Israeli forces had killed Palestinian police protecting a UN convoy. Many people were trading canned food or other aid for items they were missing, or selling them for cash, residents told Reuters. Aya, a resident of Gaza City who was displaced first to Rafah and then central Gaza by Israeli operations, received ten blankets in aid packages.

Source: Libya Today May 14, 2024 05:06 UTC