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Médecins Sans Frontieres Condemns Israeli Plan to Control Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

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Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has expressed grave humanitarian, ethical, security, and legal concerns over a proposed US-Israel plan to control the distribution of humanitarian supplies in Gaza, Palestine. The plan would make aid conditional on forced displacement and vetting of the population, which MSF firmly rejects and condemns. The organization warns that this would further reduce the availability of aid and subjugate it to Israeli military occupation objectives.

Key Takeaways:

  • The US-Israel plan to control humanitarian aid in Gaza raises significant humanitarian, ethical, security, and legal concerns.
  • The plan would make aid conditional on forced displacement and vetting of the population, which MSF firmly rejects and condemns.
  • The obstruction of humanitarian aid is a direct violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2720, which calls for the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians.
  • Claims that aid is being diverted by Hamas remain unverified and in no way justify such measures.
  • As the occupying power, Israel must facilitate impartial humanitarian assistance for the population in need.
  • Humanitarian organizations, including World Central Kitchen and the World Food Programme (WFP), have announced that they have run out of food stocks in Gaza.
  • MSF medical teams have seen a 32 per cent increase in patients presenting with malnutrition over the past two weeks.
  • Dwindling fuel stocks are limiting the ability to desalinate and distribute water.
  • MSF teams in Gaza have received no supplies for 11 weeks and face critical shortages of essential medical items.
  • Israel's evacuation orders and established no-go military zones now cover 70 per cent of Gaza.

Statistics:

  • 32 per cent increase in patients presenting with malnutrition at MSF medical teams in Gaza City over the past two weeks.
  • 11 weeks since MSF teams received any supplies in Gaza.
  • 70 per cent of Gaza is currently under Israeli evacuation orders and established no-go military zones.

Sources:

  • Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
  • World Central Kitchen
  • World Food Programme (WFP)

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