Many Countries Urge Israel To Lift Gaza Aid Restrictions As Palestinians Suffer - Iran Front Page

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : In Friday's statement, the foreign ministers commended the United Nations and other humanitarian groups for continuing to support Palestinians "under extremely difficult and complex circumstances" in Gaza.
56% : They also demanded that Israel allow UN agencies and international nonprofit organisations to operate in Gaza and the occupied West Bank "in a sustained, predictable, and unrestricted manner" given the role they play in providing humanitarian support.
47% : Israel has maintained stringent restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza despite its obligations under international law to ensure that the basic needs of Palestinians in the enclave are met.
46% : They called on the international community "to pressure Israel, as the occupying power, to immediately lift constraints on the entry and distribution of essential supplies including tents, shelter materials, medical assistance, clean water, fuel, and sanitation support".
45% : Several countries in the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to allow "immediate, full, and unhindered" deliveries of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip as winter storms lash the bombarded Palestinian enclave.
42% : A United States-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which came into effect in October, also stipulated that the Israeli authorities must allow hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza daily.
42% : But Israel has failed to abide by that requirement, continuing to block deliveries despite increasingly difficult winter conditions in the coastal territory and a lack of adequate shelter, blankets and other supplies.
40% : According to Gaza's Government Media Office, Israel has killed about 500 aid workers and volunteers in the enclave since its war began in October 2023.
35% : The NGOs have also raised concerns that giving Israel personal information about their Palestinian employees puts those workers at risk of being targeted by the Israeli military.
33% : Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families have sought refuge in makeshift shelters and overcrowded tent encampments across Gaza because their homes were destroyed in Israel's genocidal war.
32% : The condemnation comes as Israel this week moved to implement a ban on 37 international NGOs working in Gaza and the West Bank for failing to meet new registration requirements.

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