Israeli official claims no humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Colonel Moshe Tetro is the head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration for COGAT, which is responsible for implementing the Israeli government's policy in Area C of the West Bank and vis-à-vis the Gaza Strip.

In a press conference today, he said that while "the civil situation in the Gaza Strip is not an easy one", the Israeli government does not believe there is a humanitarian crisis and added that "tens of trucks loaded with food" were entering the area daily.

But a leading official from the World Health Organisation and UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk have both said otherwise.