Unclear when ‘minimal’ aid will start entering starved Gaza
Israel will now allow the flow of humanitarian aid back into Gaza after a near 12-week blockade of humanitarian assistance.
They’re going to allow the minimum amount of food “to ensure a hunger crisis does not develop”. It’s worth mentioning this hunger crisis has already ensued. The population has been starving. Once the ceasefire stopped, Israel completely blocked all aid.
We’re not just talking about food. We’re talking about water, medical supplies, fuel for hospitals. None of that has entered Gaza in nearly three months. There’s been a lot of pressure on the prime minister, on the Israelis from a lot of international partners.
You even had Donald Trump say “people are starving in Gaza”. Because of this pressure, Netanyahu finally decided to allow aid back in. But what the Israelis are saying is this will be a minimum amount of aid, just food, and it’s unclear still when exactly this will take place.
France says aid to Gaza must be ‘immediate, massive, and unhindered’
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that as Israel has finally announced the resumption of some goods to the Gaza Strip after months of total blockade, the entry of aid to the Strip “must be immediate, massive, and unhindered”.
He said in a post on X that the aid “must put an end to the catastrophic humanitarian situation and definitively halt the famine”.
A convoy of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid supplies for Gaza waits in Egypt
‘American pressure’ likely led to Israeli government letting aid in
Yousef Munayyer from the Arab Center Washington DC says the timing of Israel’s announcement that it will allow “basic” aid into Gaza comes as pressure mounts and famine warnings rise.
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said the move was made to assist the expansion of its military action in Gaza, but “that obviously does not make sense”, Munayyer told Al Jazeera.
“The timing suggests this was not an announcement that was planned. What all of this suggests is that there’s been some pressure, particularly American pressure, on the Israeli government to let this aid in. Aid has been completely blocked for more than 78 days, and we’re seeing really scary images of starvation and malnutrition, particularly affecting the most vulnerable in Palestinian society.”
Yep too much of the daily misery is leaking into the mainstream media. Got to get the media back to ignoring the daily war crimes.
