ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – The Gaza government urges the international community to pressure Israel to stop the crime of starvation. The crimes were carried out by Israel as a means of suppressing civilians in the Palestinian enclave which has long suffered from Tel Aviv’s decades-long blockade and the war that has raged since October 7 2023.
“The Israeli occupation authorities and the United States government are using aid and food as political leverage against civilians in Gaza, deliberately allowing starvation and worsening humanitarian conditions,” the Gaza government media office reported in a statement, quoted Tuesday, June 18, 204.
As a result of the ongoing war and restrictions imposed by Israel that violate international law, as many as 2.4 million Gaza residents face starvation, according to international groups.
The statement emphasized that the Gaza population is experiencing severe humanitarian conditions and real hunger, especially in Gaza City and North Gaza.
The statement stressed that this situation violates moral and humanitarian values as well as international law, exploiting the needs of children, civilians and patients for political purposes, thereby endangering their lives.
Israel has imposed a severe blockade on the enclave since 2006. Recent military offensives have forced nearly two million residents into disaster.
The media house warned that these violations of human rights will lead to disaster and unprecedented negative impacts on the humanitarian situation. The office condemned the crime of starvation and called for those responsible to be brought before an international tribunal for committing this crime.
The media agency also urged the international community to exert serious pressure to stop genocide and the use of food and aid as political tools against civilians, children, patients and the injured.
Israel has faced international condemnation for ignoring a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, and has continued to carry out brutal attacks on Gaza since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (AT Network)
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