Israeli military prevents 75 tons of humanitarian aid reaching Qalqilya

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has protested to the Israeli military authorities after they prevented a

UN convoy of urgently-needed humanitarian aid from leaving Nablus today that was destined for the West Bank city of Qalqilya. The relief convoy, which contained flour, sugar, rice and lentils was to aid the many Palestinian refugees left homeless or needy by the recent Israeli incursions and curfews.

Mr Peter Hansen, UNRWA's Commissioner General, visited Nablus today following the lifting of the Israeli military curfew on the town. Mr Hansen witnessed the extensive destruction done to the Old City, or Nablus Casbah, and talked with residents who described to him what they had endured during the intensive fighting there in the first week of April.