Israel prevents aid efforts ‘by design’ as Gaza struggles for food
Aid agencies are accusing Israel of thwarting the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by refusing accreditation for NGO staff, a news report says.
A new registration system imposed by Israel on international aid groups has resulted in $50m of aid being stuck outside of the Strip, The Financial Times reported.
The Israeli restrictions are “about control and by design it’s pushing out both international and Palestinian-led organisations”, Bushra Khalidi from Oxfam told the newspaper.
Under the US-brokered ceasefire agreement, Israel agreed to allow in 600 trucks carrying humanitarian assistance each day. However, the amount getting into the famine-hit enclave is nowhere near that figure, aid groups say.
‘It’s a massacre in slow motion’
Even if Israel’s bombs stopped dropping and aid flooded into Gaza, Israel’s famine would keep killing Palestinians.
Alex de Waal has spent more than 40 years studying famine and war crimes. He spoke to AJ+ about how Israel purposely kept Gaza on the edge of famine for months on end.
He explains how Israel’s starvation will be felt by Palestinians for generations – physically, biologically and societally.
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