The war on Gaza has killed more than 74,600 Palestinians and wounded nearly 176,000, while destroying 90% of the territory’s infrastructure. (EPA Images pic)NEW YORK: More than 150,000 tents bought by humanitarian partners and member states are waiting outside the Gaza Strip for Israeli permission to enter, the UN said Wednesday.
The figure includes 117,000 tents from the Egyptian Relief Committee in El Arish, UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters at a media briefing, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Asked what is needed to get the tents into Gaza, Haq said: “Ultimately, we need the Israeli authorities to cooperate with giving the permissions so that we can bring those tents in.”
“Some of the problems have to do with money for transport, but in this case, this is an issue of the needed permissions, and we need to get this in,” he said.
