As hunger persecutes and only a small number of aid trucks are allowed in with the blockade in place, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in recent days. At least 82 have died as a result of Israeli relentless bombardment across Gaza.
Israel will be willing to negotiate a temporary ceasefire and hostage exchange deal, according to Netanyahu’s statement on Wednesday.
The release of all prisoners, the disarmament of Hamas, the exile of its leaders, and the possibility of carrying out President Donald Trump’s proposed plan in February to expel Palestinians from Gaza were all demands made by the Israeli leader.
Trump has suggested that the US should run Gaza and establish it as the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Netanyahu has mentioned Trump’s plan as one of the conditions for halting fighting for the first time. The plan has been characterized as ethnic cleansing by numerous countries and human rights organizations.
In response to Israel’s decision to allow a limited number of humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza, Netanyahu said Israel should avoid a “humanitarian crisis to preserve our freedom of operational action.” He also made reference to a highly critical plan that was “developed with the US” to distribute food in the enclave without Hamas gaining control of it. The Palestinian organization denies providing aid.
Gaza receives limited aid, but there is no distribution.
Israel has been under international pressure to halt its repressing total blockade of Gaza, which had forcibly halted any food or aid trucks entering the area since March 2.
The enclave’s already terrible humanitarian catastrophe has become even worse because of it. More than 93% of Gaza’s children, or about 930 000, are on the verge of famine, according to an assessment conducted by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
The Israeli army approved 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food, and medical supplies into Gaza on Wednesday. According to UN officials, distribution issues have prevented aid from reaching those in need.
The Karem Abu Salem border crossing and the enviable supplies that are finally being allowed into Kerem Shalom [in Arabic] are nowhere near sufficient to meet the enormous needs in Gaza. The UN chief’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said that much, much more aid needs to enter.
Aid organizations have criticized Netanyahu’s efforts as “smokescreen” as Israel’s aid is not nearly enough, according to aid organizations.
According to Pascale Coissard, the emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, the Israeli government’s decision to allow a ridiculously low amount of aid into Gaza after months of an air-tight siege indicates that they intend to avoid making the accusations that they are starving and that they are actually keeping them surviving.
A “pressured, obsessed, lying man”
The press conference by Netanyahu received swift criticism. His “words today” refer to the country’s long occupation of Gaza and the daily demise of soldiers, according to opposition leader Yair Lapid, who warned that the nation’s reputation would collapse and the economy would suffer severe harm.
After the news conference, Democrats party leader Yair Golan remarked, “I saw a presentation by a pressured, obsessed, lying man who takes no responsibility for anything.” We will win you in the elections very soon and send you to the pages of history, and I will sue you for defamation for the lies I spread about myself.”
Source: Aljazeera
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