Israel Gaza war: UN aid convoy 'denied entry to north'

Unicef spokesman James Elder says severely malnourished children will not get the supplies they need.

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Unicef spokesman James Elder, who was on a lorry in the convoy, also said that while waiting at a checkpoint he witnessed the fatal shooting of two Gazan fishermen.

In their response, the Israel Defense Forces said documentation for the Unicef vehicle in the convoy was not filled out correctly and accused Mr Elder of presenting a "partial picture".

Mr Elder said people had told him they would be "happy if there is an air strike" on their homes, to end their suffering.

In an interview with the BBC's Today programme, Mr Elder said: “They’re so despairing, they’re so broken, they’ve lost so many family members, they have nothing left.”

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