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In the last 24 hours alone, according to Palestinian health authorities, 99 people have been killed and at least 650 others injured while trying to get help.
The foreign ministers of 25 Western countries have strongly condemned Israel for its "droplet aid" in the Gaza Strip, while the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that over 1,000 people have been killed since late May while trying to get humanitarian aid.
According to the UN, most of the casualties occurred near aid distribution centers run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US- and Israeli-backed facility that began operating on May 27. Palestinian authorities blame the Israeli military for most of the killings. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have admitted firing warning shots into the air on several occasions, but deny responsibility for many other incidents.
In their statement, the foreign ministers said that “the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths.” They strongly condemned the “droplet-style distribution of aid” and the killings of civilians, including children, trying to obtain food and water.
Signatory countries include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom . The EU Commissioner for Equality and Crisis Management also joined the declaration.
In the past 24 hours alone, according to Palestinian health authorities, 99 people have been killed and at least 650 injured while trying to get help. Since the end of May, the total number of people killed while seeking aid has reached 1,021, while over 6,500 have been injured. The total death toll since the start of the war has reached 59,029.
Between March 2 and May 21, Israel blocked aid for 11 weeks, leading to extreme levels of hunger and malnutrition. Even today, most humanitarian organizations are not allowed to enter Gaza.
The foreign ministers stressed that it was "shocking" that so many civilians had been killed while seeking help and called on Israel to respect international humanitarian law and allow aid to enter.
On the other hand, the Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected the statement as "detached from reality" and said it "sends the wrong signals to Hamas," which it blamed as solely responsible for the continuation of the war. /Adapted from CNN
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