‘Critical’ for Israel to lift aid restrictions before Byron pummels Gaza: Rights group

Save the Children has called on Israel to allow tent poles and other banned items to enter Gaza, along with tents, winter clothes and blankets, to better protect families from Storm Byron’s effects. Since the ceasefire took effect in October, Israel has still not allowed the Strip to receive timber, tent poles or tools because it considers them “controlled dual-purpose” items. “No child should lie awake all night freezing in sewage-sodden bedding. This is unconscionable,” said Ahmad Alhendawi, the organisation’s regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe.