The UN has halted all food distribution in Rafah, spokesperson says

The UN has halted all food distribution to Gaza's southern city of Rafah, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. 

The UN said it had halted operations due to a lack of supplies and security concerns.

The UN added that it hasn’t received supplies for two days from a US-built pier in Gaza.

Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the UN’s World Food Programme, warned that “humanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapse”.

She said if food and other supplies don’t begin entering Gaza “in massive quantities, famine-like conditions will spread”.