Gaza aid by air, sea not ‘substitute’ for land deliveries: UN coordinator

Delivering humanitarian supplies to Gaza by airdrops or sea cannot sufficiently “substitute” land deliveries, the UN aid coordinator for the Palestinian territory said Thursday after a closed-door Security Council meeting.

Sigrid Kaag said her message to the UN Security Council was that the international community must “flood the market in Gaza with humanitarian goods” and “re-energize the private sector” so more commercial goods can enter to meet civilians’ needs.