Israel-Hamas: 12 people drown while trying to reach supplies air dropped onto Gaza beach

Twelve people have drowned trying to reach aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities said Tuesday, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months after Israel launched its military campaign against Hamas.

Video of the air drop obtained by Reuters showed crowds of people running towards the beach in Beit Lahia, in north Gaza.

It is the latest in a string of incidents involving deaths during aid deliveries in the crowded Palestinian enclave.

Meanwhile, amid fears of a looming famine, a spokesperson for a United Nations (UN) humanitarian office called on Israel to revoke an apparent ban on food deliveries to northern Gaza from the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNWRA).

“The decision must be revoked,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said during a UN briefing in Geneva.

“You cannot claim to adhere to these international provisions of law when you block UNRWA food convoys.”

UNRWA’s head said Sunday that Israel had informed it that it will no longer approve its food convoys to north Gaza, after four such requests were denied since March 21.

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