GAZA, (PIC)
The Government Media Office (IOF) in Gaza condemned the ongoing Israeli and US administration’s prohibition of the entry of humanitarian aid, medical supplies, and goods into the Gaza Strip for 65 days in a row.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Media Office declared that the prevention of aid, coupled with the silence and complicity of numerous countries, constitutes a “grave humanitarian crime.”
The statement stressed that the ongoing blockade endangers the lives of thousands of children, patients, and civilians, leaving their fate hanging in the balance. It added that hundreds of thousands of tons of aid and medical supplies remain piled up on the other side of Gaza’s crossings, awaiting permission for entry.
The statement further noted that the blockade itself is a crime, reflecting a moral decline as various countries align themselves with Israel and its immoral actions, contributing to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
The GMO’s statement held the international community responsible for the blockade, urging immediate action to halt the policy of starvation, which it described as part of an ongoing genocide committed by the Israeli occupation with support from the United States. This blockade, it stated, has been targeting civilians, children, women, patients, and the starving population for ten consecutive months.
It called on the international community, the United Nations, various international organizations, Arab and Muslim countries, and all countries of the world to “break their scandalous silence and put pressure on Israel and the US administration in order to stop the crime of genocide, open the crossings, and bring in aid and medical supplies immediately before it is too late.”
The GMO concluded by saying, “The escalation of the Israeli starvation policy against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip will have a disastrous impact on the entire region, especially since it conflicts with all international laws, conventions and treaties that prohibit and criminalize the use of the starvation policy as a weapon of war, which is also a crime against humanity.”
