The risks to humanitarian workers in Gaza are intolerable, the United Nations has said as it presses Israel for more effective coordination with the aid groups, approval for the UN to use essential security equipment and for the Israeli military to facilitate aid deliveries, Reuters reports.

“Humanitarian operations have repeatedly been in the crosshairs in Gaza,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. “The risks, frankly, are becoming increasingly intolerable.”

He said the head of UN safety and security met on Monday with Cogat, the Israeli military branch responsible for aid transfers, to discuss UN difficulties working in Gaza during the fighting between Israel and Hamas.

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