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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.N. Humanitarian Aid Agency Says Israel Has Denied Access to Rafah Grossing into Gaza [Watch (HLS stream): U.N. Humanitarian Aid Agency Says Israel Has Denied Access to Rafah Grossing into Gaza](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4TmAUGVr.m3u8) (1:29)  _Published 2024-05-08. Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge._ --- May 8, 2024 3:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Israel Bans U.N. Agency That Is a Main Provider of Aid to Gaza](/video/j7eN0woE/) ### Israel Bans U.N. Agency That Is a Main Provider of Aid to Gaza [Top U.N. Court Orders Israel to Halt Military Offensive in Rafah](/video/0vWjinX8/) ### Top U.N. 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How I'd agencies of famine across the Gaza Strip families coping capacity has been smashed family is a hanging on so I can logically and physically by thread I do not recall meeting a single family and I'm at school as a single-family in Rafa who hadn't lost a home or a loved one. They must have access to a where they go that is not the case particularly in on the washing what underpins our humanitarian operation has access to electricity access to water and sanitation systems sewage system and someone that it's it's it's not that Israel has a child. Patients under International humanitarian law to ensure the safety and access of these individuals to Medical Care to adequate food to Safe water and sanitation failure to meet these obligations May amount to forced displacement, which is a war crime. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"U.N. 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