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eNCA
08-05-2025
- Politics
- eNCA
Israel's aid blockade to Gaza 'unacceptable': Red Cross
The Red Cross on Thursday denounced the human cost of the war raging in Gaza, slamming Israel's "unacceptable" full blockade on aid into the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory. Aid agencies have repeatedly warned of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which they say has been exacerbated by an Israeli blockade on all aid since early March. "It is unacceptable that humanitarian aid is not allowed into the Gaza Strip," Pierre Krahenbuhl, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told reporters in Geneva. "That's just fundamentally against anything that international humanitarian law provides." The situation in Gaza is on a "razor's edge" and "the next few days are absolutely decisive", he added. "There's a moment where we will also run out of anything that's left in terms of medical supplies and other" aid, he said. Israel resumed military operations in Gaza on March 18 after talks to prolong a ceasefire stalled. The country denies a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, where it plans to expand military operations to force Hamas to free hostages held there since the Iran-backed group's unprecedented October 2023 attack. - 'We should all be terrified' - "What we would need is an immediate return to a ceasefire situation to ease the pressure," Krahenbuhl said. "I think everybody should feel deep indignation about what is happening in Gaza. I can't reconcile myself with the human cost of this conflict," he said. "Frankly, if this is the future of warfare, we should all be terrified, and we should all be aware that this questions the very foundations of our humanity." Israel is reportedly aiming to shut down the existing UN-led aid distribution system in Gaza, forcing all deliveries to go through Israeli hubs. Krahenbuhl stressed that "there is no monopoly among humanitarian organisations" to deliver aid. "States can undertake it." But he insisted that any delivery of aid must respect humanitarian principles "such as the impartiality of aid, that it actually reaches people, that it's not politically motivated and directed". Every effort to get aid to Gazans in need should be "taken seriously", Krahenbuhl said. "But right now, the most effective way to get aid to people is to lift... actions or decisions that were taken to prevent aid from reaching" inside Gaza. "There are huge quantities of aid that are on the borders of Gaza that can go in tomorrow," he insisted. apo/nl/jj
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel's aid blockade to Gaza 'unacceptable': Red Cross
The Red Cross on Thursday denounced the human cost of the war raging in Gaza, slamming Israel's "unacceptable" full blockade on aid into the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory. Aid agencies have repeatedly warned of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which they say has been exacerbated by an Israeli blockade on all aid since early March. "It is unacceptable that humanitarian aid is not allowed into the Gaza Strip," Pierre Krahenbuhl, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told reporters in Geneva. "That's just fundamentally against anything that international humanitarian law provides." The situation in Gaza is on a "razor's edge" and "the next few days are absolutely decisive", he added. "There's a moment where we will also run out of anything that's left in terms of medical supplies and other" aid, he said. Israel resumed military operations in Gaza on March 18 after talks to prolong a ceasefire stalled. The country denies a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, where it plans to expand military operations to force Hamas to free hostages held there since the Iran-backed group's unprecedented October 2023 attack. - 'We should all be terrified' - "What we would need is an immediate return to a ceasefire situation to ease the pressure," Krahenbuhl said. "I think everybody should feel deep indignation about what is happening in Gaza. I can't reconcile myself with the human cost of this conflict," he said. "Frankly, if this is the future of warfare, we should all be terrified, and we should all be aware that this questions the very foundations of our humanity." Israel is reportedly aiming to shut down the existing UN-led aid distribution system in Gaza, forcing all deliveries to go through Israeli hubs. Krahenbuhl stressed that "there is no monopoly among humanitarian organisations" to deliver aid. "States can undertake it." But he insisted that any delivery of aid must respect humanitarian principles "such as the impartiality of aid, that it actually reaches people, that it's not politically motivated and directed". Every effort to get aid to Gazans in need should be "taken seriously", Krahenbuhl said. "But right now, the most effective way to get aid to people is to lift... actions or decisions that were taken to prevent aid from reaching" inside Gaza. "There are huge quantities of aid that are on the borders of Gaza that can go in tomorrow," he insisted. apo/nl/jj
France 24
08-05-2025
- Politics
- France 24
Israel's aid blockade to Gaza 'unacceptable': Red Cross
Aid agencies have repeatedly warned of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which they say has been exacerbated by an Israeli blockade on all aid since early March. "It is unacceptable that humanitarian aid is not allowed into the Gaza Strip," Pierre Krahenbuhl, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told reporters in Geneva. "That's just fundamentally against anything that international humanitarian law provides." The situation in Gaza is on a "razor's edge" and "the next few days are absolutely decisive", he added. "There's a moment where we will also run out of anything that's left in terms of medical supplies and other" aid, he said. Israel resumed military operations in Gaza on March 18 after talks to prolong a ceasefire stalled. The country denies a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, where it plans to expand military operations to force Hamas to free hostages held there since the Iran-backed group's unprecedented October 2023 attack. 'We should all be terrified' "What we would need is an immediate return to a ceasefire situation to ease the pressure," Krahenbuhl said. "I think everybody should feel deep indignation about what is happening in Gaza. I can't reconcile myself with the human cost of this conflict," he said. "Frankly, if this is the future of warfare, we should all be terrified, and we should all be aware that this questions the very foundations of our humanity." Israel is reportedly aiming to shut down the existing UN-led aid distribution system in Gaza, forcing all deliveries to go through Israeli hubs. Krahenbuhl stressed that "there is no monopoly among humanitarian organisations" to deliver aid. "States can undertake it." But he insisted that any delivery of aid must respect humanitarian principles "such as the impartiality of aid, that it actually reaches people, that it's not politically motivated and directed". Every effort to get aid to Gazans in need should be "taken seriously", Krahenbuhl said. "But right now, the most effective way to get aid to people is to lift... actions or decisions that were taken to prevent aid from reaching" inside Gaza. "There are huge quantities of aid that are on the borders of Gaza that can go in tomorrow," he insisted.
Int'l Business Times
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Israel's Aid Blockade To Gaza 'Unacceptable': Red Cross
The Red Cross on Thursday denounced the human cost of the war raging in Gaza, slamming Israel's "unacceptable" full blockade on aid into the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory. Aid agencies have repeatedly warned of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which they say has been exacerbated by an Israeli blockade on all aid since early March. "It is unacceptable that humanitarian aid is not allowed into the Gaza Strip," Pierre Krahenbuhl, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told reporters in Geneva. "That's just fundamentally against anything that international humanitarian law provides." The situation in Gaza is on a "razor's edge" and "the next few days are absolutely decisive", he added. "There's a moment where we will also run out of anything that's left in terms of medical supplies and other" aid, he said. Israel resumed military operations in Gaza on March 18 after talks to prolong a ceasefire stalled. The country denies a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, where it plans to expand military operations to force Hamas to free hostages held there since the Iran-backed group's unprecedented October 2023 attack. "What we would need is an immediate return to a ceasefire situation to ease the pressure," Krahenbuhl said. "I think everybody should feel deep indignation about what is happening in Gaza. I can't reconcile myself with the human cost of this conflict," he said. "Frankly, if this is the future of warfare, we should all be terrified, and we should all be aware that this questions the very foundations of our humanity." Israel is reportedly aiming to shut down the existing UN-led aid distribution system in Gaza, forcing all deliveries to go through Israeli hubs. Krahenbuhl stressed that "there is no monopoly among humanitarian organisations" to deliver aid. "States can undertake it." But he insisted that any delivery of aid must respect humanitarian principles "such as the impartiality of aid, that it actually reaches people, that it's not politically motivated and directed". Every effort to get aid to Gazans in need should be "taken seriously", Krahenbuhl said. "But right now, the most effective way to get aid to people is to lift... actions or decisions that were taken to prevent aid from reaching" inside Gaza. "There are huge quantities of aid that are on the borders of Gaza that can go in tomorrow," he insisted.
NDTV
28-04-2025
- Health
- NDTV
"New Inferno" Unleashed On Gaza Since Restart Of War: Red Cross Director
Doha: A "new inferno" has been unleashed on Gaza following the restart of war in the Palestinian territory, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday. "Gaza is experiencing and enduring... death, injury, multiple displacements, amputations, separation, disappearance, starvation and denial of aid and dignity on a massive scale, and just when the all important ceasefire led people to believe they had survived the worst, a new inferno was unleashed," Pierre Krahenbuhl said. "This includes the trauma of families of Israeli hostages who face a never ending nightmare, and of the families of Palestinian prisoners, over 400 aid workers and 1,000 health care workers have been killed in Gaza, including 36 from the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement," he told the annual Global security forum in Doha. "This horror and dehumanisation will haunt us for decades to come," Krahenbuhl added. A truce in the Israel-Hamas war, brokered by Qatar with Egypt and the United States, came into force on January 19, largely halting more than 15 months of fighting triggered by Palestinian militants' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The inital phase of the truce ended in early March, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps. Israel resumed air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on March 18 after earlier halting the entry of aid. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Sunday raised its overall deaths to 52,243 people since the war began, after hundreds of missing people were confirmed dead. The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Militants also abducted 251 people, 58 of whom are still held in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead. Israel says its renewed military campaign aims to force Hamas to free the remaining captives.
