Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israel has blocked a visa extension for the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, Jonathan Whittall, after he testified about catastrophic conditions in the enclave and at US-backed aid distribution sites. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed the decision, claiming it was made “due to biased and hostile conduct against Israel, which distorted reality, presented false reports, slandered Israel, and even violated the UN’s own rules on neutrality”. “Whoever spreads lies about Israel – Israel will not work with them.” "Last week, it was indicated to us that our current Head of Office, Jonathan Whittall, won't have his visa extended by Israeli authorities beyond August. This came immediately after remarks he made at a press briefing about starving people being killed while trying to reach food," Eri Kaneko, spokesperson for OCHA, said. This followed statements made by Whittall last month that the conditions at aid distribution sites in Gaza run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) are “created to kill,” and that “what we are seeing [in Gaza] is carnage. It is weaponized hunger. It is forced displacement. And it’s a death sentence for people just trying to survive.” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said last week that visas for all three leaders of the UN agencies active in Gaza — OCHA; the human rights agency OHCHR; and the agency supporting Palestinians in Gaza, UNRWA — had not been renewed in recent months. “Visas are not renewed or reduced in duration by Israel, explicitly in response to our work on protection of civilians,” said OCHA chief Tom Fletcher earlier this month to a UN Security Council meeting. He described conditions in Gaza as “beyond vocabulary,” with food running out and Palestinians being shot while seeking something to eat. He accused Israel of failing in its obligation under the Geneva Conventions to provide for civilian needs under its rule. Fletcher noted that “56 percent of the entries denied into Gaza in 2025 were for emergency medical teams — frontline responders who save lives.”