‘Engineered starvation’: Gaza gov’t denounces Israel’s misleading aid narrative
The Government Media Office says hundreds of thousands of tonnes of humanitarian aid have accumulated outside Gaza and “decayed or spoiled” because of months of Israeli obstruction, while the population “faces an escalating famine”.
It noted that during the 84 days of Israel’s total blockade, a minimum of 46,200 aid and fuel trucks should have entered Gaza to meet the basic needs of the population.
However, in recent days, “the occupation has promoted a misleading narrative claiming to allow the entry of ‘aid’ while in reality only about 100 trucks have been permitted”.
That figure represents less than 1 percent of the population’s basic needs, it added.
“This situation clearly reflects the occupation’s policy of ‘engineered starvation’ by which it deliberately controls the flow and distribution of food, further deepening the humanitarian catastrophe affecting more than two million civilians in Gaza,” a statement said.
Deadly Israeli attack latest to target displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi
Seven Palestinians have been killed in al-Mawasi, and dozens of others have been injured in that attack. This is not the first time Israeli forces have targeted al-Mawasi.
Al-Mawasi has been designated as a safe, humanitarian zone, and the Israeli army has been asking Palestinians to evacuate to that area. But there have been continuous attacks on the tents, on the Palestinians who are displaced in that area, and people believe it is not safe, as claimed by Israel’s military.
