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UN slams Gaza aid distribution, Israel says Hamas chief killed

UN slams Gaza aid distribution, as Israel says Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar killed
MENA
13 min read
28 May, 2025
Dozens of people have been killed in Gaza following a series of Israeli airstrikes, as an aid plan for the war-torn territory descends into chaos

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The UN has slammed Gaza's new aid distribution mechanism, with Jonathan Whittall, the head of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, saying "the new food distribution does not meet the needs".

"There are four centres, most of them in the south, and one that is supposed to operate in central Gaza. We do not consider this humanitarian. Humanitarian means providing aid wherever people are," he said.

Phillipo Lazzarini, the chief of the UN's agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said that the new mechanism for aid distribution "is a waste of resources and a distraction from atrocities".

Earlier, the UN said that 47 Palestinians were injured, including gunshot wounds, while attempting to receive food aid at distribution sites on Tuesday, as famine threatens Gaza.

The comments come as Israel continues strikes on Gaza, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the military had killed Hamas' chief in the enclave Mohammed Sinwar. Gaza's health ministry announced 28 people had been killed in the past 24 hours.