Summary
The acting UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Sigrid Kaag, stated that the UN will not participate in humanitarian aid mechanisms for Gaza if they compromise core principles like neutrality and independence. In her UN Security Council briefing, she emphasized the dire humanitarian situation, urging Israel to cease its strikes and warning that current aid is inadequate for the over two million people facing famine, calling it a “lifeboat after the ship has sunk.” Kaag also expressed concern about escalating tensions in the West Bank, highlighting settlement expansion and settler violence as threats to the viability of a two-State solution.
