<p>As the Jewish state facilitates aid entry via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation into the Strip, the United Nations is running a “mafia-like” shakedown and is spreading “panic” and making “declarations detached from reality,” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.</p>

Hamas knows if it loses control over the aid, it loses control over the people of Gaza, Danny Danon told the UN Security Council.{ai:summary}<p>Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon criticized the United Nations during a Security Council meeting, accusing it of conducting a "mafia-like" shakedown and spreading panic regarding the situation in Gaza. He emphasized that the U.N.'s declarations are "detached from reality" amid Israel's facilitation of humanitarian aid. #foreignaffairs</p>

UN 'mafia-like' shakedown against independent aid delivery in Gaza, Israeli envoy says

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