Food prices are rising in Gaza following the robbery of a U.N. convoy over the weekend, during which, drivers were forced to unload aid at gunpoint, officials say.

A convoy of 109 UN aid lorries carrying food was violently looted in Gaza on Saturday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) says. Ninety-seven of the lorries were lost and their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload their aid after passing through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing with southern Gaza,

A convoy of 109 aid trucks was "violently looted" in Gaza over the weekend as masked men threw grenades and held drivers at gunpoint, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). The agency said 98 trucks were lost while passing through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing with southern Gaza,

The United States has once again blocked the adoption of a legally binding UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Robert Wood, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations,

The United States has vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza because it is not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken captive by Hamas in Israel in October 2023.

The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that demanded an "immediate, unconditional, and permanent" cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It also urged the prevention of the starvation of Palestinians.