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Middle East live: 60 reported killed in northern Gaza as fears grow over Israel’s ban on UN aid agency

Women and children said to be among the dead after Israeli airstrike; outcry over Israel’s ‘devastating’ decision to ban Unrwa

Lisa O’Carroll is a senior correspondent for the Guardian

Israel’s plan to ban Unrwa from any activity in Palestinian territories is “beyond concerning, beyond disappointing”, the agency’s director of communications Juliette Touma has said.

We are talking about tens of thousands who work with the agency in Gaza. We have the infrastructure, the fleet of cars, the logistics bases. So it is very, very difficult to replace Unrwa.

And we do know from previous attempts to replace the agency or to provide humanitarian assistance in council, these attempts fail and fail miserably.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Women and children said to be among the dead after Israeli airstrike; outcry over Israel’s ‘devastating’ decision to ban UnrwaLisa O’Carroll is a senior correspondent for the GuardianIsrael’s plan to ban Unrwa from any activity in Palestinian territories is “beyond concerning, beyond disappointing”, the agency’s director of communications Juliette Touma has said.We are talking about tens of thousands who work with the agency in Gaza. We have the infrastructure, the fleet of cars, the logistics bases. So it is very, very difficult to replace Unrwa.And we do know from previous attempts to replace the agency or to provide humanitarian assistance in council, these attempts fail and fail miserably. Continue reading…