- Madonna called on the Pope to visit the Gaza band.
- The singer stressed the need for humanitarian aid for children.
- Hundreds of Palestinians died because of the lack of food.
American pop singer Madonna on Monday called on Pope Leo XIV to visit the occupied Gaza band, where famine is currently persistent. According to the DPA report, TASR reports this.
“You are the only one of us to whom they can’t reject entry,” Written the pop icon on Monday evening on the social network X. “We need the humanitarian gates wide open to save these innocent children. We no longer have time,” added.
On the occasion of the 25th birthday of her son Rocc Ritchie on Monday Madonna also announced plans to contribute to humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza. “I feel that the best gift I can give him as a mother is to ask everyone to do everything in his power and helped save innocent children stuck in the middle of fire in Gaza,” She wrote.
The Irish rock band U2 was sharply criticizing the action of the Israeli government on Sunday. “We know that Hamas uses hunger as a tool of war, but now Israel is doing it and I feel resistance to this moral failure,” wrote the frontman of the Bono group on the social network.
During the war in the Palestinian enclave, 217 Palestinians, including 100 children, died of hunger and malnutrition. Since March 11 weeks, Israel has blocked the supply of all aid to the Gaza Strip, interrupting this blockade in May after increasing pressure from the international community and human rights organizations warning of famine in the Palestinian territory. Integrated Classification of Food Security Phase (IPC) supported by the UN, at the end of July warned that the Israeli military offensive and blockade led to “The worst possible famine scenario” in the coastal area with approximately two million Palestinians.
After Israel has allowed a limited supply of aid to Gaza, It started with the distribution of this aid by the United States and Israel supported by the Humanitarian Foundation for Gaza (GHF). However, her work has been accompanied by chaos from the beginning, and almost every day the media reports on the deaths of people waiting for help, shot by Israeli soldiers.
At least 1,400 people who came for assistance packages died from May 27. Most of them died near the GHF distribution sites. According to the UN, other Palestinians were killed along the riders of convoys with humanitarian aid. According to the UN, the amount of aid that Israel admits into the Gaza band is insufficient.
