Efforts to deliver aid and medical supplies to the people of Gaza have become increasingly difficult. On June 30, a vessel carrying humanitarian aid was turned away by Israeli gunships and the activists were arrested and held for seven days before being deported. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has been on the ground providing aid to the people of Gaza for 60 years. 

Huwaida Arraf, chairperson of the Free Gaza Movement and Christopher Gunness, a spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), on deteriorating conditions in Palestine and why much more needs to be done to bring an end to Israel’s hermetic closure and collective punishment of Gaza. You can find more on efforts to bring aid to the region at Viva Palestina.