Israel said it would halt UN children’s fund shipments to Gaza originating from Egypt after it said it foiled an attempt at tobacco and nicotine smuggling in UNICEF-coordinated shipments Tuesday.
Israel “informed the head of UNICEF of the suspension of aid shipments to the Gaza Strip originating from Egypt and coordinated by the agency, following the thwarting of an attempted smuggling of tobacco and nicotine products detected today (Tuesday) at the Kerem Shalom Crossing within humanitarian aid shipments coordinated by the agency,” COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry body in charge of civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories, said in a statement.
COGAT added that the suspension would remain in place “until the agency provides the findings of a full investigation, as well as an official response on the matter”.
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