July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\nThe ministry\u2019s post refers to a senior U.N. official who accused Hamas earlier this week of intimidating aid workers and making assistance operations increasingly dangerous.<\/p>\n
\u201cI strongly condemn the recent obstruction of humanitarian operations in Gaza by the de facto authorities, which endangered humanitarian personnel, intimidated workers delivering lifesaving food assistance and disrupted life-saving humanitarian operations,\u201d said Ramiz Alakbarov, U.N. Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, on Monday.<\/p>\n
He went on to say that \u201carmed personnel\u201d affiliated with Hamas on Sunday \u201cforcibly entered the Abu Rashid food distribution point in Jabalia, North Gaza. The forces also entered a WFP [World Food Programme] warehouse and reportedly assaulted two truck drivers who were delivering humanitarian supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n
The head of UNSCO, a body responsible for coordinating political and humanitarian efforts relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, continued: \u201cThese incidents are not isolated. They are completely unacceptable and reflect an increasingly dangerous pattern of intimidation, violence and obstruction, including smuggling attempts, targeting and abusing humanitarian operations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are placing humanitarian workers at risk, disrupting the delivery of life-saving assistance, and further constraining the ability of humanitarian organizations to operate at a time when civilians across Gaza continue to face immense and pressing humanitarian conditions,\u201d added Alakbarov.<\/p>\n