The Israeli authorities have rejected allegations by UN officials that they are preventing essential supplies from reaching the Gaza Strip. COGAT, the authority coordinating Israeli government activities in the Palestinian territories, accused Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, the agency providing aid to the Palestinian Territories, of “lying” in a post he made on X on Monday evening. In the post, Lazzarini claimed that items, including medical scissors, were now on a long list of banned items that the Israeli authorities were classifying as “dual use.” An entire population depended on hu…