Gaza: Palestinian UN envoy blasts Israel for deliberately blocking aid

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, blasted Israel on Tuesday for its continued blockade in the Gaza Strip.

Israel began blocking all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza after a ceasefire deal ended more than 10 weeks ago.

“Israel has been openly and brazenly blocking humanitarian aid for over two months now — this is engineered starvation,” Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told the U.N….