Belgium hopping on the performance theater air drop bandwagon
Belgium begins Gaza aid airdrops
Belgium’s military has carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid into Gaza, its Defence Ministry says.
The delivery is part of a broader effort to get food and medical supplies into the besieged territory via Jordan.
UNRWA has been critical of aid airdrops, which it said are at least 100 times more costly than trucks.
Meanwhile, Belgium is facing legal pressure at home for allegedly failing to act against Israeli violations during the war. On July 7, the Belgian state was formally summoned to appear before the French-speaking Court of First Instance in Brussels.
‘Humanitarian pauses’ not reflected in ground reality as more Palestinians starve to death
There’s a very, very small amount of trucks coming into Gaza – about maybe 80 to 100 trucks every single day – despite the fact that this “humanitarian pause” was for more aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
This was supposed to be a pause where Palestinians would reach and receive aid, distribution points would open, hot meal kitchens would operate again, but what we’re seeing on the ground is totally different.
Palestinians are struggling to get a bag of wheat flour. They’re struggling to find a food parcel. And this shows the fact that this pause and all the Israeli claims are not true because on the ground, Palestinians are starving.
More Palestinians die every single day due to the forced starvation and malnutrition.
The whole population was completely relying on UN agencies and other partners to distribute food.
Since the blockade started, those distribution points have not been operating, and now nothing’s back to normal. Palestinians are still struggling, and not only that, they’re being killed now for the fact that they’re approaching trucks, the GHF, because they want to eat.
More than 22,000 aid trucks blocked by Israel: Gaza media office
The Government Media Office in Gaza says Israel is deliberately blocking more than 22,000 humanitarian aid trucks from entering the territory, calling it part of a systematic campaign of “starvation, siege, and chaos”.
In a statement, the office said: “We confirm that there are more than 22,000 humanitarian aid trucks currently parked at the Gaza Strip crossing gates, most of which belong to UN and international organizations and various entities.
“The Israeli occupation is deliberately preventing their entry as part of a systematic policy of engineering starvation, siege, and chaos.”
The media office described the situation as a “full-fledged war crime”, adding that it violates international law and contributes to what it called the ongoing crime of genocide against Gaza’s residents.
“We hold the Israeli occupation, along with the states involved through silence or complicity, fully responsible for the worsening humanitarian catastrophe,” the statement added.
The office called for the immediate and unconditional entry of all detained trucks, the full reopening of border crossings, and the safe delivery of aid to Gaza’s civilians “before it is too late”.
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid await permission on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip on August 3
Gaza death toll rises to 92 since dawn
Since dawn, Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 92 people, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
Among those, 56 were aid seekers, including nine in Rafah and seven at Netzarim, northern Gaza.
