UN aid to Gaza to be suspended if Israeli closure continues

International food aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip will have to be suspended if an Israeli closure of the coastal territory continues, a UN aid agency spokesman said Monday.

"We are going to have to suspend operations on Thursday or Friday ... Because we are running out of plastic bags we use for food, and we are running out of fuel," said Chris Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief Works Agency, which distributes food aid to 860,000 Palestinians in Gaza. (AP)