GAZA, March 9 ― An international effort is gathering pace to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea in a bid to counter overland access restrictions...
GAZA, March 9 ― An international effort is gathering pace to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea in a bid to counter overland access restrictions blamed on Israel as it battles Hamas militants.
“We express sympathies to the families of those who were killed,” the US Central Command said in a statement.Belgium, Egypt, France and the Netherlands were also involved in the airdrop. He told reporters yesterday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must allow in more aid, a day after he warned Israeli leaders against using aid as “a bargaining chip”.
Israel has responded with a relentless offensive that the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said has killed at least 30,878 people, mostly women and children. There are no functioning ports in Gaza and officials did not say where initial shipments would go, whether they would be subject to inspection by Israel, or who would distribute aid.
US officials said the plan builds on the maritime aid corridor proposed by Cyprus -- the closest European Union member to Gaza.