Fattouh urges Washington to press for Gaza crossings to open
Palestinian National Council head Rawhi Fattouh warned of worsening hunger in Gaza amid crossing restrictions, WAFA reported on 22 October.
Palestinian National Council head Rawhi Fattouh warned of worsening hunger in Gaza amid crossing restrictions, WAFA reported on 22 October.
He urged the US administration to press for food and fuel access and called for binding Security Council action. This is an account of his political and humanitarian warning, not a new technical famine classification.
Entry permission and delivery are different stages
The Logistics Cluster’s Gaza meeting record of 15 September 2026 describes separate arrangements for offloading and collecting cargo, alongside approvals for some materials. Entry permission is therefore not the same as food reaching recipients that day. This provides supply-chain context; it does not establish that September schedules or crossing conditions remained unchanged in October. Logistics Cluster.
Archive or illustrative image: an earlier protest blocking aid trucks destined for Gaza; not from the event reported here.
Source: وكالة وفا.
Photo credit: יאיר דב.
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