Shots fired, bulldozers rammed cars during UN standoff with Israeli military

11/9/2024 6:31

        A convoy of clearly marked armored U.N. vehicles in Gaza was encircled and held at gunpoint on Monday by Israeli forces seeking to question two of the U.N. staff, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
        
        The convoy, on its way to help with a campaign to vaccinate thousands of Palestinian children against polio, was stopped at a checkpoint connecting central and northern Gaza, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, because Israeli soldiers wanted to question two Palestinian staff members.
        
        The situation escalated quickly, he said, and soldiers pointed their weapons directly at the U.N. staff in the convoy.
        
        As the polio vaccination campaign began in northern Gaza on Tuesday, Dujarric said the incident on Monday was the latest example of "the unacceptable
        dangers and impediments that humanitarian personnel in Gaza are experiencing."