内容摘要：The U.S. said Israel had legitimate concerns about the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, also known as UNRWA, the largest provider of aid in the beleaguered Gaza Strip.

The U.S. said Israel had legitimate concerns about the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, also known as UNRWA, the largest provider of aid in the beleaguered Gaza Strip.

by resuming military operations in the territory on March 18. It said both steps aim to pressure the militant Hamas group to. Rights groups call the blockade a “starvation tactic” and a potential war crime.

With restaurants and bakeries closed, community kitchens areof Palestinians in Gaza to eat a daily meal. But a third of those supported by the U.N. have closed in the past 10 days for lack of food or fuel, according to the U.N. humanitarian office, or OCHA, which said more closures could be imminent.“The hot meals provided by these kitchens constitute one of the last remaining lifelines” for Palestinians, OCHA said.

At those still open, chaotic scenes of desperate men, women and children fighting to get meager rations are common.UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Crickx on Thursday said 65-70% of Gaza’s water system is damaged. Aid workers have instead set up water distribution points that rely on trucking.

But it’s difficult to reach people when fuel has become scarce, Crickx told The Associated Press.

“The children are, of course, bearing the brunt of this war,” he said.“Everybody wants peace now. Ukraine wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace,’' he told The Associated Press during an interview in London. “Now Russia needs to make up their mind whether they also want peace or not, an unconditional ceasefire.”

Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that giving ultimatums to Russia was “unacceptable” and wouldn’t work. “You cannot talk to Russia in this language,” he told reporters.Also on Monday, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy was hosting in London senior diplomatic officials from France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland and the European Union to discuss how best to fight back against Russian aggression.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he expected the two sides to reach a compromise in the coming days that might break the deadlock over whether talks could begin without a truce in place.Russian and Ukrainian officials are mindful of public opinion in their countries and are trying to secure the support of the United States for their stances, he said in explaining the delay.