The UN appointed a co-ordinator to oversee humanitarian relief shipments into Gaza as part of a Security Council resolution adopted on Friday to increase aid to the enclave. Sigrid Kaag, formerly the deputy prime minister and minister of finance of the Netherlands, will be the senior humanitarian and reconstruction co-ordinator for Gaza. She would begin serving in her role from January 8, the UN said in a statement.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Netanyahu comments intended to torpedo truce prospects: Hamas

A senior Hamas official has accused Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu of issuing…

Israeli military establishment ‘fatigued’, does not want to resume Gaza war

Menachem Klein, professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, has…

Iran restores railway bridge damaged in US Strike 

Iranian authorities have said the bridge in Aqqala County, in Golestan province,…