After more than two and a half months in the raised Gaza, Israel has announced that it will allow the entry of “a basic amount” of food for the population. The objective is to “guarantee that no hunger crisis is developed,” according to a statement that quotes Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, released Sunday night by his office. His defense minister, Israel Katz, had assured on the eve that the entry of humanitarian aid into the strip was “totally unnecessary.”
Netanyahu has justified this change of criteria for, which assures his army. On the weekend the country launched another land operation to take control of new areas of the enclave over the Palestinian territory occupied with the name cars of Gideon.
“An such crisis [una hambruna] It would endanger the continuation of Operation Carros de Gideon to defeat Hamas, ”says Israeli Prime Minister. The text concludes by adding that Israel will prevent the Palestinian movement“ to take control of the distribution of humanitarian aid to ensure that it does not reach terrorists ”.
The Israeli government has justified on successive occasions the total blockade of the entry of food in Gaza with the argument that Hamas was monopolized and used for their own benefit. After decreeing the total veto to the entry of food, medicines, fuel and other basic supplies on March 2, Netanyahu said that “free meals” for Hamas had ended. The Israeli executive has not offered evidence of this alleged diversion of the aid by the Islamist group, nor the United Nations or the humanitarian organizations that work in Gaza have corroborated it.
