The prime US diplomat
concerned in humanitarian help for Gaza says that
Israeli forces earlier this month killed Palestinian police
defending a UN support convoy in Rafah.
“As a consequence, Palestinian police have refused to guard
convoys, hampering support deliveries inside Gaza due to threats
from legal gangs,” mentioned David Satterfield, Washington’s
particular regional envoy for humanitarian points.
“With the departure of police escorts, it has been just about
unattainable for the UN or anybody else, Jordan, the UAE, or any
different implementer to soundly transfer help in Gaza due to
legal components,” Mr Satterfield instructed an occasion hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
He added that police escorts embrace Hamas
members but additionally officers with no direct affiliation to the
militant group.
Israel’s navy has not but commented on his remarks.
The UN says support has been impeded by Israeli forces, a cost Israel
denies.
Mr Satterfield was requested if there was any fact to a report
that Israeli troops killed “Hamas operatives” defending a UN
support convoy in Rafah earlier this month.
“The IDF [Israel Defense Force] 10 days, two weeks in the past, did
certainly strike at seven, eight, or 9 police officers,
together with a commander whose models had been concerned in offering
escorts,” he replied.
Such escorts have been wanted due to assaults on support convoys
first by “determined” Palestinians and “then by legal
components,” Satterfield mentioned.
