Israel besieges two more Gaza hospitals as UNRWA says barred from aid deliveries
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00:00 This is the last video Amir Abu Aisha posted before being killed inside Gaza's Al-Amar
00:10 hospital.
00:11 According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, their volunteer was shot by Israeli forces.
00:17 The NGO says soldiers have now surrounded three hospitals in the strip.
00:21 Al-Amar and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younes join Al-Shifa, which has been under siege
00:27 for a week.
00:28 Israel, which accuses Hamas of using hospitals as command centres, says it's killed more
00:33 than 170 militants and detained about 480 suspects at Al-Shifa.
00:40 The health ministry says those detained include patients and medical staff.
00:45 In recent weeks, hardly any aid has been delivered to northern Gaza, where Shifa is located.
00:51 On Sunday, the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency said Israel would no longer approve its food
00:57 convoys to the north.
00:58 UNRWA's head, Filipe Lazzarini, slammed the move.
01:03 This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct life-saving assistance during
01:07 a man-made famine.
01:09 This cannot happen.
01:10 It would only stain our collective humanity.
01:13 Meanwhile, UN chief Antonio Guterres described the backlog of aid as a moral outrage.
01:21 Palestinians in Gaza desperately need what has been promised, a flood of aid.
01:27 Not trickles, not drops.
01:29 It requires Israel removing the remaining obstacles and shock points to relief.
01:35 It requires more crossings and access points.
01:39 All alternative routes are, of course, welcome.
01:42 But the only efficient and effective way to move heavy goods is by road.
01:48 About 300,000 people remain trapped in northern Gaza.
01:52 Last week, a UN-backed food security assessment warned that famine was projected to hit the
01:57 area by May, unless there was urgent intervention.
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