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TO Authorization for fuel entry into Gaza after criticism of humanitarian aid this Wednesday by several ministers of the Israeli Government, including the extremist Itamar Ben Gvir, alleging that it will serve the interests of Hamas.
This Wednesday, Israeli authorities authorized the delivery of fuel to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, in a unprecedented gesture since the beginning of the current conflict, on October 7. However, the issue is not tranquility within the Government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Diesel = weapon”wrote Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, on his social media account. X (formerly Twitter).
סולר = נשק
— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) November 15, 2023
Transport Minister Mirie Regev, from Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, warned that the aid sent through the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is actually “fuel for Hamas.”
UNRWA confirmed the arrival of more than 23,000 liters of fuel, which Use was limited only to transporting aid from the border.
“There is no fuel for water or hospitals”said the United Nations director of Gaza Strip Affairs, Thomas White, before emphasizing that this amount “It is only nine percent of what is needed” daily to maintain life-saving activities.
The Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack in southern Israel on October 7 with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen, taking two hundred hostages.
In response, Israel declared war on Hamas, a movement that has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and is classified as terrorist by the European Union and the United States, bombing several of the group’s infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and imposing a total siege. to the territory with a cut in the supply of water, fuel and electricity.
Source: Observadora
