A Hamas official told AFP on Tuesday, April 8 that it was “necessary to reach a high fire” in the Gaza Strip, three weeks after Israel resumed the bombings in the Palestinian territory. “This war cannot continue indefinitely and, therefore, it is necessary to reach a high fire,” said Hossam Badran, a member of the Hamas political office, and added that “communication with the mediators is still ongoing” but that “so far there are no new proposals.”
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, said Tuesday that Gaza had become “a murder field” because Israel has continued to block the help, an accusation that an Israeli official quickly denied, saying that “there was no shortage” or help.
“More than a whole months ago without a drop of help to Gaza. Without food. Without fuel. Without medicine. Without commercial supplies. As the aid has dried, horror gates have once again operated,” Guterres said in comments to journalists.
Pointing out the Geneva conventions that govern the treatment of people in the war, Gutres emphasized the obligation of the “occupation power” to guarantee the provision of food and medical supplies to the population. “None of that is happening today. No humanitarian supply can enter Gaza,” Guterres said.
The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Israel, Ears Marmorstein, rejected the accusations, saying that “there was no shortage of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.” Marmorstein also claimed that Hamas has used the recent help to Gaza to “rebuild his war machine.”
‘Cruelly limiting help’
Guerres also recently referred to Israeli proposals about the control of Gaza aid, that a UN source told AFP included monitoring calories for the improper use of Hamas prevention.
“Israeli authorities recently propose ‘authorization mechanisms’ for the risk of helping aid further controlling and cruelly limiting the last calorie and flour grain,” journalists from the UN headquarters in New York told reporters.
“Let me be clear: we will not participate in any agreement that does not completely respect the humanitarian principles: humanity, impartiality, independence and neutrality,” Guterres said, demanding guarantees for entry without obstacles to help to the coastal territory. Guterres also gave the alarm about the situation in the West Bank.
“The current road is a dead end, totally intolerable in the eyes of international law and history,” he said. “And the risk that the western western becomes another Gaza worsen even more.”
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“It’s time to end dehumanization, protect civilians, free hostages, guarantee help to save lives and renew the high fire,” Guterres added.
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