Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the need to open Israeli crossings with the besieged Gaza Strip in order for humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinian people in that enclave.
“We demand that six Israeli crossings with Gaza be opened for humanitarian aid,” Shoukry said.
The Egyptian official emphasized that “not doing so violates international law.”
He noted that Egypt “has engaged international allies in establishing a center in Gaza for the distribution of aid.”
“We must prevent the displacement of Palestinians and work to establish an independent Palestinian state,” said Egypt’s foreign minister.
Shukri also emphasized that the Iranian-Israeli tension “has diverted the attention of the international community from the tragic situation in Gaza.”
Genocide-accused Israel has launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7th that killed around 1,200 people.
The number of people killed in the attacks carried out by the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023 has increased to 34,049.
Israel’s war has pushed 85 percent of the population of the Gaza Strip into internal displacement with acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60 percent of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the United Nations (UN).
Israel is accused of genocide before the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop the genocidal acts and take measures to ensure humanitarian aid is provided to civilians in Gaza, AA writes.
