UNRWA: It's Israel's job to protect the aid convoys in Gaza, not ours

A senior UN official claimed Tuesday that Israel is reponsible for protecting aid convoys in Gaza, following what she described as an "organized crime" incident involving humanitarian supplies.

In an interview with WBUR's "Here and Now," UNRWA Communications Director Juliette Touma drew a sharp distinction between previous looting by "desperate" and "hungry" civilians and this recent "organized" theft.

"As the occupying power," Touma insisted, Israeli authorities must "secure these convoys throughout, not only entering Gaza, but until they reach the warehouses of the U.N. safely."

There are growing tensions over aid distribution in the war-torn region, where humanitarian organizations claim that they are struggling to maintain secure supply lines.

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