UNRWA finds difficulty in distributing aid due to IOF shelling

GAZA, (PIC)-- The UN relief and works agency (UNRWA) has announced on Friday that it was facing difficulties in convincing Gaza Strip citizens to go to the agency's aid distribution centers due to the intensified Israeli occupation forces' shelling. Sami Misha'sha, an UNRWA spokesman, said that his agency managed to partially resume distribution of relief assistance in the Strip on Thursday but was facing a number of challenges including convincing the citizens to go to those centers at a time the IOF shelling did not cease. The UNRWA official said that the agency would try and persuade the Israeli occupation authority to cease fire in order to enable the agency to distribute the relief material. Food supplies were allowed limited entry into the Strip but would be only enough for a day or two, Misha'sha said, adding that there was a dire need for entry of more shipments to meet the citizens' needs.