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Eugene

(61,899 posts)
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 03:36 AM Mar 14

Israel says it is trying to 'flood' Gaza with aid

Source: BBC

Israel says it is trying to 'flood' Gaza with aid

14 March 2024

By James Gregory,
BBC News

Israel's military says it is trying to "flood" Gaza with aid as international pressure to address the territory's humanitarian crisis grows.

Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said Israel would facilitate further aid convoys, after a new land route opened up to deliver food to northern Gaza.

The UN has warned that Gaza, under Israeli attack since the war with Hamas began in October, is at risk of famine.

Brussels says starvation is being used as a weapon of war in the territory.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said earlier that land routes had been deliberately closed off to prevent the delivery of aid.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68561139

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Israel says it is trying to 'flood' Gaza with aid (Original Post) Eugene Mar 14 OP
The same guys who blocked medical supply kits because surgical RockRaven Mar 14 #1
They're playing us like a fiddle. Basic LA Mar 14 #2

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
1. The same guys who blocked medical supply kits because surgical
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 03:46 AM
Mar 14

scissors are "dual use" are saying they are trying to flood the area with aid?

Oh, that's believable!

 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
2. They're playing us like a fiddle.
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 04:50 AM
Mar 14

It's time to change the tune. Why sponsor them if we don't get a say?

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