Monday, March 25, 2024

UN chief suggests ‘flooding’ Gaza with aid

(7,000 aid trucks waiting to enter Gaza in Egypt at Rafah crossing and Lyin Biden is building a Nakba Pier supposedly to get aid into the world's largest concentration camp.)

from RT

 Antonio Guterres says keeping thousands of aid trucks away from the Palestinian city of Rafah is a moral outrage

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, while urging countries to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid.”

The UN chief paid a visit on Saturday to the Egyptian side of the border, not far from Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, which is now overcrowded with refugees. Israel is planning to launch a ground assault on the area despite warnings of a potential catastrophe, as more than half of Gaza’s population has fled to the city due to fighting between Israel and Hamas.

“Any further onslaught will make things even worse – worse for Palestinian civilians, worse for hostages, and worse for all people in the region,” Guterres said, describing starvation inside the enclave as a “moral outrage.”

His comments came a day after the UN Security Council failed to reach an agreement on a US-sponsored draft resolution seeking “an immediate and sustained ceasefire.” Western medics earlier warned the UN that the Israeli offensive in Rafah could lead to 250,000 deaths.

“Here from this crossing, we see the heartbreak and heartlessness… a long line of blocked relief trucks on one side of the gates, the long shadow of starvation on the other,” he said, while standing next to a line of 7,000 waiting trucks, loaded with humanitarian aid...

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