{"id":23387,"date":"2025-07-08T21:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=23387"},"modified":"2025-07-08T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:59:39","slug":"genocide-in-gaza-unrwa-boss-slams-gaza-aid-distribution-mechanism-says-mechanism-costing-more-lives-than-it-saves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=23387","title":{"rendered":"Genocide In Gaza: UNRWA boss slams Gaza aid distribution mechanism &#8230; says, mechanism costing more lives than it saves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genocide In Gaza: UNRWA boss slams Gaza aid distribution mechanism<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; says, mechanism costing more lives than it saves<\/p>\n<p>United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has slammed Gaza Aid Distribution Mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>The mechanism it said has cursed more harm than good.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23390\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-1068x1068.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pic-Mix_202578174037538.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The UNRWA chief, Philippe Lazzarini told the Caux Democracy Forum that \u201cnowhere [in Gaza] is safe\u201d, condemning the distribution of aid under the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) as \u201ccosting more lives than it saves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>More than 55,000 people he said have been reported killed in Gaza, \u201cmostly women and children\u201d, and accused Israel of \u201cweaponising humanitarian assistance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lazzarini said the GHF has replaced what he described as the \u201cprincipled\u201d United Nations-led effort, adding that the new system forces starving Palestinians to \u201cwalk for miles, and stand for hours in wired enclosures, in blistering heat\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23389\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23389\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-2048x1359.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-696x462.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-1068x709.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_20250708_1611402-633x420.jpg 633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">starving Palestinians in wired enclosure waiting for food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey are shot at, and hundreds have been killed and injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA itself has lost more than 320 staff and seen most of its buildings destroyed since the start of the war, he said. Without accountability, Lazzarini warned, \u201cwe set a dangerous precedent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He closed his speech by urging \u201ca meaningful political pathway that addresses the longstanding question of Palestine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At least 78 people have\u00a0 been reported killed at the early down of today, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Report has it that despite the ceasefire talk that was ongoing the situation on ground in Gaza was different as Israel intensified its bombardments on Palestinians across Gaza strip.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">US president Trump says Hamas wants to have ceasefire agreement to end Israel&#8217;s war on Gaza.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Israeli forces were launching attacks\u00a0 in Gaza as indirect talks were underway in Doha to secure ceasefire deal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">US President Donald Trump has held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House with both leaders touting their controversial proposal to push besieged Palestinians into neighbouring countries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Israel\u2019s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,575 people and wounded 136,879, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023 attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Netanyanhu discussed forced transfer of Palestinians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Trump and Netanyanhu repeat their proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza strip to other countries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Netanyanhu says Israel will always maintain full security control in the Gaza strip.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Al -Jazeera<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genocide In Gaza: UNRWA boss slams Gaza aid distribution mechanism &#8230; says, mechanism costing more lives than it saves United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has slammed Gaza Aid Distribution Mechanism. The mechanism it said has cursed more harm than good. 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