UNITED NATIONS, November 8. /TASS/. The United Nations has been unable to provide due assistance to Palestinians who remain in the north of the Gaza Strip, United Nations Secretary-General’s Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has told a briefing.
"As we said, we're not able to deliver the services we want to deliver to those who remain in the north. A number of our own staff members did stay behind, but the access is not what we wanted to be," he said.
The spokesman added that UN would welcome any aid from any country.
Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when militants from Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian group Hamas staged a surprise attack on Israeli territory from Gaza. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and has been delivering airstrikes on Gaza as well as some districts in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.