Iran blasts Israel’s move to halt food, aid deliveries to Gaza as ‘crime against humanity’

Iran has denounced the Israeli regime’s move to stop aid deliveries and cut off electricity supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip as an example of crime against humanity.

In a statement on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Israel’s blockade of food and aid deliveries to Gaza is in line with the regime’s policy of imposing famine and hunger on the oppressed people of Palestine, which amounts to “crime against humanity and a continuation of genocide.”

He criticized Israel for repeatedly violating its obligations and the ceasefire agreement it reached with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

He emphasized that all governments shoulder a shared, collective responsibility to “stop the blatant violation of international humanitarian law.”

The Iranian spokesperson urged the United Nations Security Council and other responsible international bodies to end their inaction in the face of the occupying regime’s crimes and the continuation of its genocidal war in Gaza.

Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza on Sunday, in the latest move to tighten a stifling blockade on the Palestinian territory despite a ceasefire and captive/prisoner exchange agreement.

UNRWA warns of another Gaza hunger crisis as Israel blocks humanitarian aid

UNRWA warns that another hunger crisis in Gaza threatens the survival of two million people if Israel continues blocking humanitarian aid.

Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), warned on Monday that the situation in Gaza is “deteriorating very, very quickly.”

He said another hunger crisis will threaten the survival of two million Palestinians living in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip if Israel continues blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory.

Israel launched the campaign of genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023. The regime has killed at least 48,515 Palestinians there so far.

In January, the Israeli regime was forced to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas, given the regime’s failure to achieve any of its objectives, including the “elimination” of the Palestinian resistance movement or the release of captives.

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