The war cabinet authorized the Israeli government this Thursday to “take Immediate measures to increase humanitarian aid to the civilian population of the Gaza Strip.” The measure was communicated by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli government stated that sending aid “will allow avoid a humanitarian crisis”, despite the fact that various international organizations and countries assure that the Palestinian population in Gaza currently lives in these serious conditions.
The cabinet of war pointed out that the aid is necessary “for guarantee the continuation of the fighting and achieve the war objectives.
Israel will enable the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip
In the statement, the prime minister’s office explains that they will authorize aid access through the Israeli port of Ashdod, about 35 km by road from Loop, and the crossing point of Erez, located in the north of the Palestinian enclave.
Since the outbreak of war on October 7, humanitarian aid has trickled into the Stripe and barely reaches the northern part, devastated by fighting and threatened by a imminent famine, according to UN.
The authorities will also allow “the increase in Jordanian help for the passage of Kerem Shalom”, a border post at the southern end of Israel.
Until now, most of the humanitarian aid that enters Loop does it through city of Rafah, on the border with Egypt at the southern tip of the Palestinian enclave.
Joe Bide questioned support for Israel and called for increased humanitarian assistance
The international pressure on Israel for the serious humanitarian crisis in Gaza multiplied after the death on Monday of seven workers from the American NGO World Central Kitchen in an Israeli attack.
During the call, Biden warned him Netanyahu that US support will depend on the next steps it takes Israel regarding the situation in Loop. In this regard, he demanded a “drastic increase” in humanitarian aidwith concrete measures “in the coming hours and days.”
The spokesman for the National Security Council, John Kirby stated that the dialogue was carried out in a context of “growing frustration” of the administration of Biden about the evolution of conflict.
The phone call took place in the middle of the Degradation of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Stripbesieged and on the verge of famine, where 33,037 Palestinians died in six months of waraccording to the latest balance sheet of the Palestinian group Hamas.
Source: Ambito
