Board of Peace says Israel's aid response after Gaza floods 'insufficent'
The US-backed Board of Peace has criticized Israel's humanitarian aid response in Gaza as insufficient following severe flooding that displaced thousands living in tents. While Israel maintains that aid is being provided, it insists that full reconstruction cannot begin until Hamas disarms.
Why it matters
The report highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the friction between international oversight bodies and Israeli military policy regarding aid distribution.
Image source, Faiz Qreqa / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images Image caption, Winter rain began this weekend in Gaza, where a majority of the population lives in tents and other shelters
US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has called on Israel to immediately allow all necessary humanitarian supplies into Gaza after rain flooded tens of thousands of tents.
The US-backed body, established to oversee the implementation of Trump's Gaza peace plan, acknowledged the steps now being considered by Israel, but said "the response remains insufficient".
Israel's military agency in charge of co-ordinating aid into Gaza said it had allowed in tens of thousands of tents and trucks with winter supplies, but added reconstruction "can only begin after Hamas fully disarms".
On Sunday, three children and a woman were killed when a sand embankment collapsed onto tents in the central Strip.
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