UK pledges over $5 million in aid to Gaza

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Britain has pledged four million pounds ($5.4m) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, the government said, as its Minister for Development Jenny Chapman visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Reuters reports.

“The Israeli government’s failure to allow full humanitarian access to aid workers is abhorrent. Far too few trucks are crossing into Gaza,” Chapman said.

“The UK is clear — Israel will not achieve security through prolonging the suffering of the Palestinian people.”

The British Red Cross will receive the new aid package and deliver it through the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Britain said.

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