Food prices hit record high after Israel blocks humanitarian aid into Gaza: UN

The Kerem Shalom, Erez and Zikim crossings have been closed for cargo,

the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said

International humanitarian law is clear: we must be allowed access to deliver vital lifesaving aid,

he said

We are concerned that if drug supplies would be maintained in trucks for months at end, and exposed to the sun, it could shorten the lifespan of medicines and decrease the efficiency of the drugs

said Seguin

Any further challenges to access to food and access to clean water could have devastating consequences. The spike in food and good prices is creating fear and uncertainty

Caroline Seguin, MSF emergency coordinator, in Gaza told Reuters

It's costly for us to keep aid in warehouses or packed up on trucks, waiting in queues

NRC spokesperson Shaina Low told Reuters

We have warehouse capacity for now, but we cannot be sure how long that will continue

operations coordinator for the IFRC in Egypt, Jurgen Hogl, told Reuters

Much of what has come in over the past few weeks has already been distributed...Now, already we are seeing price increases

a U.N. official in Gaza told Reuters

Ireland has funded four trucks of emergency food to be transported to Gaza and distributed to people by the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation,

said the department

Return all of them immediately and then think about what to do,

said Vardit Roiter

Badr Abdelattyegyptian Foreign Minister

There is no alternative to the faithful and full implementation by all parties of what was signed last January,

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said

Enough bias towards one party,

Abu Mohammed Al Basyuni, 56, had a message for America ... he said among debris in Gaza City

The COGAT plan was meant to disrupt and serve as an alternative to the Arab Plan,

stated one of the aid agency employees