Gaza fuel crisis is harming aid distribution: UN (AFP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 04/24/2008 - 6:25am

Palestinians unload boxes of UN food aid at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.<br /><br />The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that aid distribution would end in the Gaza Strip unless Israel allows new fuel supplies, but Israel blamed Hamas for the shortages.(AFP/Mohammed Abed)AFP - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned that aid distribution would end in the Gaza Strip on Thursday unless Israel allows new fuel supplies, but Israel blamed Hamas for the shortages.




 

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