{"id":19282,"date":"2025-05-18T05:17:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19282"},"modified":"2025-05-18T05:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:18:00","slug":"seven-european-nations-urge-israel-to-reverse-its-current-policy-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19282","title":{"rendered":"Seven European nations urge Israel to \u2018reverse its current policy\u2019 on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Israel has halted the entry of food, medication and all other essentials into the Palestinian territory since March 2.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Jabalia, north Gaza, May 14, 2025 [Mahmoud Issa\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A group of seven European nations has called for an end to Israel\u2019s military assault and blockade<\/a> of Gaza, as the United Nations aid chief says time should not be wasted on an alternative United States-backed proposal to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a joint statement late on Friday, the leaders of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia, Spain and Norway said they \u201cwill not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza\u201d as Israel\u2019s blockade has prevented the delivery of humanitarian aid for two and a half months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe call upon the government of Israel to immediately reverse its current policy, refrain from further military operations and fully lift the blockade, ensuring safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian aid to be distributed throughout the Gaza strip by international humanitarian actors,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMore than 50,000 men, women, and children have lost their lives. Many more could starve to death in the coming days and weeks unless immediate action is taken,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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